Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe: Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader by David Purdie - Hardcover

Sir Walter Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190837358X ISBN 13: 9781908373588

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd., 2012

Synopsis

This is a new, limited edition hardback version of the controversial retelling of Scott's classic novel: the original text has been slashed from an epic 194,000 words to a more manageable 95,000.

Ivanhoe follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, part of one of the few Saxon families at a time when English nobility was dominated by the Normans, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart. The gripping storyline beautifully captures the 12th century tensions between Saxons and Normans, Nobility and Commonality and Jews and Gentiles, with a whole host of well-known characters from Robin Hood to Friar Tuck.

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Product Description:

A special hardback edition of David Purdie's controversial adaptation of Scott's classic historical novel. Ivanhoe follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, part of one of the few Saxon families at a time when English nobility was dominated by the Normans, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart. The gripping storyline beautifully captures the 12th century tensions between Saxons and Normans, Nobility and Commonality and Jews and Gentiles, with a whole host of well-known characters from Robin Hood to Friar Tuck.

Review:

I applaud this new shorter version of Ivanhoe which makes this wonderful novel, once so popular, accessible to a new generation of readers who will be able to enjoy its classic blend of history and romance. --Professor Graham Tulloch, Editor of Ivanhoe, Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels

[Ivanhoe] may have been badly wounded in combat – only to revover and save the day – but he has never been sliced up like this. --Scotland on Sunday

A curious exemplification of the power of a single book for good or harm is shown in the effects wrought by Don Quixote and those wrought by Ivanhoe. The first swept the world's admiration for the mediaeval chivalry-silliness out of existence; and the other restored it. --Mark Twain

About this edition

• Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 190837358X
• ISBN 13: 9781908373588
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200