'The Highland Widow' was written between 9 July 1826 and 25 June 1827 and published as the first tale in Chronicles of the Canongate, First Series, on 30 October 1827.
Sir Walter Scott, in full Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (born August 15, 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland—died September 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scotland), Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel.