Changes

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 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>

Scott was also highly influential in the resurgence of Scottish [[nationalism]], which had been suppressed since the Jacobite rising of 1745, and had a major part in the fabrication of the romantic image of the [[tartan]]-[[kilt]]ed Scotsman which we still have today.

Scott was also highly influential in the resurgence of Scottish [[nationalism]], which had been suppressed since the Jacobite rising of 1745, and had a major part in the fabrication of the romantic image of the [[tartan]]-[[kilt]]ed Scotsman which we still have today.