Ivanhoe

Scott, Walter, Sir, Bradbury, Christopher, Wright, Robin S.

ISBN 10: 067920394X / ISBN 13: 9780679203940

Published by Random House Childrens Books, 1977

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Very Good. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-067920394X-4

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ivanhoe

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: book

About this title

Synopsis:

Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.

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.