by Walter Scott · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140620504
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«Ivanhoe» is the historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published by Penguin Popular Classics in paperback (528 pages, in English).
Set in medieval England, the novel follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight who returns from the Crusades disinherited. His return involves him in the rivalry between Saxons and Normans, in his love for Lady Rowena, and in the struggle for the throne between Richard the Lionheart and his brother John, with tournaments, sieges and Robin Hood.
It was Walter Scott's first novel on a purely English subject, according to the publisher's description.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction, and for those seeking a classic of English literature with a medieval setting and legendary characters.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.
