Ivanhoe - Brossura

Scott, Sir Walter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140436588 ISBN 13: 9780140436587

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2000

Riassunto

"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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

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.

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Set at the time of the Norman Conquest, this novel discusses Ivanhoe's return from the Crusades to claim his inheritance and the love of Rowena and his involvement in the struggle between Richard Coeur de Lion and his Norman brother John. It is structured by a series of conflicts: Saxon versus Norman, Christian versus Jew, and men versus women.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140436588
• ISBN 13: 9780140436587
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544
• Redattore: Tulloch Graham
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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