1 August 1822 – 5 May 1887
Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer. ***Grant was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a distant relation of Sir Walter Scott.*** He was a prolific author, writing some 90 books, including many yellow-backs. Titles included Adventures of an Aide-de-camp, One of "The six hundred", The Scottish musketeers and The Scottish cavalier. Many of his 56 novels are about important characters and events in Scottish history. In 1853 he founded the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. ***Grant is known today as an historian, primarily because of his thoroughly-researched six-volume Old And New Edinburgh, published in 1880 by Cassell.***
The mysteries of all nations
1880
A geography of Western Nigeria
1960
Scottish Tartans in full color
1992
The tartans of the clans of Scotland
1886
Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan
1800
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh
1881
The King's own borderers
1865
Cassell's illustrated history of India
1876
Renaissance warfare
2013
The cavaliers of fortune, or, British heroes in foreign wars
1859
Adventures of an aide-de-camp, or A campaign in Calabria
1848
The adventures of Rob Roy
1875
Adventures of the Gordon Highlanders in Spain, France and Belgium
1848
The " Black watch"
1893
British battles on land and sea
1897
The clans & tartans of Scotland
1991
Colville of the guards
1885
Dick Rodney
1887
The Duke of Albany's own Highlanders
1881
Dulcie Carlyon
1886
Fairer than a fairy
1874
Harry Ogilvie: or, The black dragoons
1861
Jack Chaloner
Jane Seton
1884
