Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)

Scott, Walter

ISBN 10: 0140436588 / ISBN 13: 9780140436587

Published by Penguin Books, 2000

Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Seller Inventory # 9780140436587B

Synopsis:

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

'Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives!'

Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the Lion Heart on a crusade in the Holy Land. On his return, his passionate desire is to be reunited with the beautiful but forbidden lady Rowena, but he soon finds himself playing a more dangerous game as he is drawn into a bitter power struggle between the noble King Richard and his evil and scheming brother John. The first of Scott's novels to address a purely English subject, Ivanhoe is set in a highly romanticized medieval world of tournaments and sieges, chivalry and adventure where dispossessed Saxons are pitted against their Norman overlords, and where the historical and fictional seamlessly merge.

'One of the most exciting stories in the language' A. N. Wilson
Edited with an introduction and notes by Graham Tulloch

About the Author:

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included