Ivanhoe

Scott, Walter

ISBN 10: 0451521943 / ISBN 13: 9780451521941

Published by Signet, New York, 1983

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508 pp. Seller Inventory # 87807

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ivanhoe

Publisher: Signet, New York

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Mass_Market

Condition: Good

Edition: 25th ptg.

About this title

Synopsis:

Scott's classic historical romance, set in the twelfth-century England of Richard I, depicts the adventures of the heroic Wilfred of Ivanhoe in winning the hand of beautiful Lady 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.