Betrothed

Informationen zum Autor Walter Scott, edited by J B Ellis Klappentext Set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189 - 92), The Betrothed is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. The betrothed is Eveline, daughter of a Norman noble, who is a victim of the Crusade in that her intended husband is required by the Church to fulfil his vow to join the war and departs for three years. The full horror of an arranged marriage, and of being a possible prize as men seek to gain possession of her is vividly realised -- the heroine is never free; her fate is always determined by the agency of men. And being set on the Marches of Wales, it is not just men but differing cultures that strive for mastery over her. Zusammenfassung The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders.

Product details

• Authors: Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott
• Assisted by: J H Alexander (Editor), J. H. Alexander (Editor), J B Ellis (Editor), J. B. Ellis (Editor), David Hewitt (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2009
• EAN: 9780748605811
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-0581-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels; Edinburgh Edition of the Waver; Edinburgh Edition of the Waver; Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies