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David Daiches has written 33 work(s)

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Peveril of the Peak

Product Description: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America...read more

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9780748605781 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, December 1, 2007, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: This edition of the 'Waverley' novels presents what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read.

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9781406574739 | Dodo Pr, February 28, 2008, cover price $28.99 | also contains Peveril of the Peak, Peveril of the Peak, Peveril of the Peak | About this edition: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time.

9781426427800 | Lightning Source Inc, October 31, 2007, cover price $43.75 | also contains Peveril of the Peak, Peveril of the Peak | About this edition: William, the Conqueror of England, was, or supposed himself to be, the father of a certain William Peveril, who attended him to the battle of Hastings, and there distinguished himself.

The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette

Product Description: Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, novelist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Treasure Island. Lloyd Osbourne was the step son of Stevenson. He co-authored three books with his stepfather and provided input and ideas on others...read more

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9781438515960, titled "The Ebb Tide: A Trio and Quartette" | Lightning Source Inc, April 30, 2009, cover price $10.45 | also contains The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette, The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette | About this edition: Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, novelist, and travel writer.

9781406582048 | Dodo Pr, November 30, 2007, cover price $14.99 | also contains The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette, The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette | About this edition: Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (1850-1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature.

9780460875356 | Reprint edition (Everymans Library, December 1, 1994), cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Stevenson described the protagonists of The Ebb Tide (1894), who commandeer a schooner in pursuit of riches and adventure, as a "troop of swine.

New Light on Boswell: Critical And Historical Essays on the Occasion of the Bicententary of the Life of Johnson

Product Description: Boswell's Life of Johnson is established as one of the foremost literary biographies in the English language. This 1991 collection of essays, commemorating its bicentenary, investigates Boswell's achievements and limitations in both literary and personal contexts, and goes beyond the Life to examine the full range of Boswell's writings and interests (in legal, social, theological, political and linguistic fields)...read more

By Greg Clingham (editor) and David Daiches (introduced by)

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9780521023160 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 30, 2005, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Boswell's Life of Johnson is established as one of the foremost literary biographies in the English language.

A Traveller's Companion to Edinburgh

Product Description: David Daiches presents a vivid kaleidoscope of impressions of Edinburgh that splendidly recreate the spirit of the place. This anthology of extracts from letters, memoirs, diaries, novels and biographies of interesting visitors and inhabitants, including the writings of Scott, Boswell, Cockburn, John Knox and many others, recreates for today's visitors the drama, the history, and the life of the city in buildings and places that can still be visited...read more

By David Daiches (introduced by)

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9781566565387 | Interlink Pub Group Inc, April 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: David Daiches presents a vivid kaleidoscope of impressions of Edinburgh that splendidly recreate the spirit of the place.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Product Description: Bonnie Prince Charlie—Charles Edward Stuart—is a name known to all. He was one of the most romantic figures in British history, yet his ambitious project for the Stuart restoration was thwarted and his accomplishments nil. The whole adventure lasted 14 months, from 1745 to 1746, encompassed the vicious slaughter of Culloden, and was followed by 40 years of restless exile...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)