Ivanhoe: A Romance - Paperback
by Walter Scott
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Availability:In StockContributor:Walter Scott, Diana Gabaldon (Introduction by)Series:Modern Library ClassicsPublish date:2001-07-10Pages:592
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679642237ISBN-10:679642234UPC:9780679642237Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Action & Adventure, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.04 x 5.20 x 1.29 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SC790ENA1J
Ivanhoe: A Romance
Hailed by Victor Hugo as 'the real epic of our age, ' Ivanhoe was an immensely popular bestseller when first published in 1819. The book inspired literary imitations as well as paintings, dramatizations, and even operas. Now Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romance of medieval England has prompted a lavish new television production. In the twelfth century, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to...
Series: Modern Library Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679642237ISBN-10:679642234UPC:9780679642237Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Action & Adventure, Classics, HistoricalSize:8.04 x 5.20 x 1.29 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SC790ENA1J
Sir Walter Scott, the Scotsman who is often credited with inventing the historical novel and who became the most popular author of his day, was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771, into a prosperous middle-class family. He was the fourth surviving child of Walter Scott, a staunchly Presbyterian solicitor, and Anne Rutherford, the well-educated daughter of a professor of medicine. Crippled by...
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