Ivanhoe

Author(s): Sir Walter Scott

Classics

A century has passed since the Norman Conquest, and England is still a colony of foreign warlords.


Prince John is plotting to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are making fools out of the Sheriff of Nottingham.


Wilfred, knight of Ivanhoe, the son of Cedric the Saxon, is in love with his father's ward, Rowena. Cedric, however, wishes her to marry Athelstane, a descendant of the royal Saxon line, whom Cedric hopes will restore the Saxon succession.


With a colorful cast of chivalric knights and fair ladies, this action-filled novel comes complete with feats of derring-do, the pageantry of a tournament, and a great flame-engulfed castle--all of which makes it the most enthralling of Scott's creations.


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General Information

  • : 9780140436587
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.336
  • : October 2000
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 23mm
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Sir Walter Scott
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823/.7

More About The Product

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh. He trained as a lawyer and later entered the printing business. He published several volumes of poetry and turned down the offer of the laureateship before concentrating on fiction. He is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel and the short story. Graham Tulloch is a Reader in English at Flinders University, South Australia. He has published several books on Scott.