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[[Image:Sir Walter Scott.jpg|right|200px]]
[[Image:Sir Walter Scott.jpg|right|200px]]
Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in twelfth-century [[England]]. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels.
Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in twelfth century [[England]]. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels.
It was Scott who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to [[deceit|deceive]]!"<ref>Scott's poem entitled ''Marmion'' (1808).</ref>
It was Scott who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to [[deceit|deceive]]!"<ref>Scott's poem entitled ''Marmion'' (1808).</ref>