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Robert Burns (1759-96) was born into a farming family in Ayrshire, Scotl&. The publication in 1786 of his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect, made him famous overnight, & saw him feted by Edinburgh society.

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He devoted his final years to poetry & the writing of Scottish songs.

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• Dimensions: 20 x 12 x 1cm

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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 writing Scottish songs.

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Robert Burns (1759-96) was born into a farming family in Ayrshire, Scotl&. The publication in 1786 of his first book, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, made him famous overnight, & saw him feted by Edinburgh society. But Burns made no money from his writing & quickly fell on hard times, returning to farming in Dumfries &, when that failed, to work as an Excise officer. He devoted his final years to writing Scottish songs.

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