To aid classroom or home study using Real Reads books, here are some links to other websites which will help you to gain a greater understanding of Walter Scott, his world and his novels.
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www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/robroy.html
A good historical account from the Scottish History Online website.
www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/charlieb.html
Pages about Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobites.
www.electricscotland.com/history/women/walker_helen.htm
A website about Helen Walker, whose story gave Scott the idea for Jeanie Deans.
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/covenanters
The BBC website about the Covenanters.
www.shca.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches
A website about Scottish witchcraft, and people like Madge Wildfire.
www.angrypict.co.uk/walterscott.html
An article about why Sir Walter Scott is one of the greatest Scottish writers ever.
www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/novels/waverley.html
Information about how Scott wrote Waverley.
digital.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1814.html
See the original manuscript of Waverley in Scott’s own handwriting.