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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 England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.

''Scott''s characters, like Shakespeare''s and Jane Austen''s, have the seed of life in them,'' observed Virginia Woolf. ''The emotions in which Scott excels are not those of human beings pitted against other human being

Ivanhoe

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    A Paperback by Sir Walter Scott, Diana Gabaldon

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      Publisher Modern Library Inc
      Published 10 July 2001
      ISBN-13 9780679642237
      978-0679642237
      ISBN-10 0679642234
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.

      ''Scott''s characters, like Shakespeare''s and Jane Austen''s, have the seed of life in them,'' observed Virginia Woolf. ''The emotions in which Scott excels are not those of human beings pitted against other human being

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