| Comments: Sir Walter Scott
(1771-1832) was a Scottish writer and poet who was successful all
around the world during his own lifetime. This tin features two of
his famous novels "Waverley" (1814) and "Ivanhoe"
(1819). The former is often considered as the first historical novel
and is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 which tried to
restore the Stuart dynasty and the tin shows "Bonnie Prince
Charlie" also known as Charles Edward Stuart. The latter is set
in twelfth century England and tells the story of one of the
remaining noble Saxon families during a period of history when the
Normans were in the majority. It also gives the shape to the
character of "Robin Hood" (Locksley) as we know him today and
some insight into the struggle of the Jews in England at this time.
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