What can Walter Scott’s sixth novel, Rob Roy, a phenomenal publishing success in 1817, tell us about the benefits and risks of a globalized economy today?
Alison Lumsden
Alison Lumsden holds a chair in English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. She was a general editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels and is now lead editor for a scholarly edition of Scott’s poetry. She has published extensively on Scott and is Honorary Librarian for his home in the Scottish Borders, Abbotsford House. 