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In his life, sir walter scott was both a lawyer and a poet, though its when he started to write historical novels anonymously that his work really took off. Sir walter scotts demonology and witchcraft contains among others the case of bessie dunlop, whose familiar was the ghost of one thome reid, killed at the battle of pinkie 1547, who enabled her to give answers to such as consulted her about the ailments of human beings or cattle, or recovery of things lost or stolen. Born in college wynd in the old town of edinburgh in 1771, the son of a solicitor, scott survived a childhood bout of polio in 1773 that left him lame. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Books by scott, walter sorted by popularity project gutenberg. While still a toddler he was struck by illness that left his left leg permanently lame.
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