sentences:  It was published in 1822, the year after it was finished and the lighthouse at Sumburgh Head began to operate.On 21 August 1820 John Ballantyne offered Archibald Constable a new novel to follow "Kenilworth" (which was to be published in January the following year).No title or subject was specified at that stage, and it was not until April 1821 that Ballantyne noted that what he calls the 'Buccaneer' had been begun.