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Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for Ivanhoe
Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, heralds the start of a splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills between the wicked Templar Bois-Guilbert and the sublime Jewess Rebecca. In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity ... Read more
More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, heralds the start of a splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills between the wicked Templar Bois-Guilbert and the sublime Jewess Rebecca. In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538409
SKU
V9780199538409
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About Sir Walter Scott
Ian Duncan is Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English at the University of Oregon
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