Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), began his career writing narrative poetry, and later re-launched his career as a novelist. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. In addition to Harold The Dauntless, this volume includes four of his dramatic poems: Halidon Hill; Macduff's Cross; Doom of Devorgoil; and Auchindrane, or the Ayrshire Tragedy.