Ivanhoe (Tor Classics) - Softcover

Scott, Walter, Sir

3.76

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812565657 ISBN 13: 9780812565652

Publisher: Tor Books, 2000

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Returning home from the Crusades, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a young, disinherited Saxon knight, becomes caught up in the power struggle between Richard the Lionhart and his scheming brother, Prince John, as he tries to win the hand of the woman he loves. Reprint.

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Review:

Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to be located wholly in England, and the first to take place in the middle ages. But it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is a serious novel, the first in English to deal carefully with race. And at the same time, it is an incredibly exciting read for contemporary readers. Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to be located wholly in England, and the first to take place in the middle ages. But it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is a serious novel, the first in English to deal carefully with race. And at the same time, it is an incredibly exciting read for contemporary readers.

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In the twelfth century, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.

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