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PUBLISHER: Birlinn General
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846974557
RRP: £8.99
PAGES: 320
PUBLICATION DATE:
July 5, 2018
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The Ragged Lion: A Novel
In this critically-acclaimed fictional memoir of Sir Walter Scott, Allan Massie recreates the life and times of one of Scotland’s greatest writers,convincingly capturing Scott’s humour, stoicism and eccentricity. Combining imaginative plausibility with his own deep knowledge of and love forScott’s work, Massie reveals the intimate thoughts of a man at odds with his popular image: good and courageous, but also an enigma to thosearound him.By turns a ghost story and an examination of the Scottish character, The Ragged Lion is utterly enthralling.
Reviews of The Ragged Lion: A Novel
'Massie captures Scott's humour, and his tragic qualities and stoicism' * The Evening Standard * 'Profoundly human . . . Massie is a novelist for grown-ups' * The Spectator *
Allan Massie
Allan Massie CBE (born 1938) is a Scottish journalist, columnist, sports writer and novelist. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has lived in the Scottish Borders for the last twenty-five years.