How Did He Get the Position of Poet Laurier?

Scott is being credited very often with being the inventor of the historical novel. He published his first novel, waverley, in 18 14, also published it anonymously. The title page does not say novelhem, hem. His novels were perceived as some entirely different and entirely new. And so that was one of things that made him really popular. But for readers who'd never been to scotland, he became this romantic whole of scotland.