Robert Burns (from Famous Scots Series) (1896) - Gabriel Setoun

Robert Burns (from Famous Scots Series) (1896)

By Gabriel Setoun

  • Release Date: 2010-11-04
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

Popular biography, first published in 1896. According to Wikipedia: "Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a "light" Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt."