<p>To know Sir Walter Scott as a man is as delightful and fruitful an experience as to appreciate the greatness of his books.<br><br><br>In the bicentenary year of the publication of Sir Walter Scott's first novel Waverley, this is a timely republication of John Buchan's biography of Scott - one great storyteller exploring the life of another.<br><br><br><br>Buchan's sympathetic treatment of Scott is perceptive, and his enthusiasm ...