Download or read book Walter Scott - His Life And Personality written by Hesketh Pearson and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a portrait of a man whose life was more extraordinary than his novels. As a child he suffered from infantile paralysis, as a young man he experienced a tragic love affair, in middle age he endured prolonged illness and in old age financial ruin. Yet despite all he became the first bestselling novelist, poet and historian.