Was Sir Walter Scott a forger? Critics had suspected him of composing the ballad Auld Maitland and passing it off as an antique got from recitation. Lang examines the evidence ballad by ballad, from James Hogg’s role to The Ballad of Otterburne, Jamie Telfer and Kinmont Willie, comparing Scott’s printed texts with his manuscripts and sources.
A lively piece of literary detective work for lovers of Scott, the Border ballads and the history of folk-song collecting. Download the free EPUB.