Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey

Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey is beautifully written by one of America's best loved authors. Washington Irving was an American author known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Irving was also an essayist, historian and biographer. Irving was the first American writer to gain fame in Europe. Irving gives an account of his time at Abbotsford. He talks of his time with Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron.