Robert Burns (1759-96) was born into a farming family in Ayrshire, Scotland. The publication in 1786 of his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect, made him famous overnight, and saw him feted by Edinburgh society. But Burns made no money from his writing and quickly fell on hard times, returning to farming in Dumfries and, when that failed, to work as an excise officer. He devoted his final years to poetry and the writing of Scottish songs.
- ISBN10 0571226728
- ISBN13 9780571226726
- Publish Date 7 April 2005 (first published 12 November 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main - Poet to Poet
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English