About the book: 1983 / Walter Scott (1771–1832) - English writer, creator of the genre of historical novel. W. Scott's novels describe events associated with significant socio-historical conflicts. The work of W. Scott had a huge influence on European and American literature, as well as on the historical prose of Russian writers. The novel “Quentin Dorward” reproduces with great historical accuracy the era of the formation of the French national state, the beginning of the breakdown of the old feudal system.