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Walter Scott Ivanhoe (Paperback) Penguin English Library. 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. Title: Ivanhoe. Publisher: Penguin Classics. Author: Walter Scott. Further DetailsTitle: Ivanhoe Condition: New Author: Walter Scott Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 014119913X EAN: 9780141199139 ISBN: 9780141199139 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 12/06/2012 Description: One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' The Penguin English Library Edition of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott '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.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 26mm Item Weight: 415g Series: Penguin English Library Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
