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Ivanhoé

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Informationen zum Autor Walter Scott  (1771-1832) was born and educated in Edinburgh. He published several volumes of poetry and turned down the offer of the laureateship before concentrating on fiction. He is credited with establishing the form of the historical novel. Klappentext "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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung "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. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsviThe Waverley Novels in PenguinviiiIntroductionxiChronology of Walter ScottxxxFurther ReadingxxxixA Note on the TextxliiiIVANHOEVolume I1(132)Volume II133(126)Volume III259(144)Historical note403(7)Explanatory Notes410(77)Glossary487...

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Authors Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott, Walter Sir Scott, Graham Tulloch
Assisted by Graham Tulloch (Editor), Graham Tulloch (Introduction)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 30.03.2000
 
EAN 9780140436587
ISBN 978-0-14-043658-7
No. of pages 544
Dimensions 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
Series Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

England, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), c 1000 CE to c 1500, Classic fiction, 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199

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