IVANHOE ( Edited with an Introduction and Notes by A. N. Wilson )

Scott, Sir Walter

ISBN 10: 0140431438 / ISBN 13: 9780140431438

Published by Penguin, 1986

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.

Seller Inventory # CHL9991570

Bibliographic Details

• Title: IVANHOE ( Edited with an Introduction and Notes by A. N. Wilson )
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140431438
• ISBN 13: 9780140431438
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

Sir Walter Scott's novel of courage and honour in which young nobleman Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to claim his inheritance and the love of Rowena.

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.