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Scott, Sir Walter

 
9780140436587: Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0140436588 ISBN 13: 9780140436587
Editorial: Penguin Classics, 2000

Sinopsis

"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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Acerca del 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.

De la contraportada

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.

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Editorial
Penguin Classics
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0140436588
ISBN 13 
9780140436587
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
544
Editor
Tulloch Graham
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Penguin Random House Ireland Limited
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780199538409: Ivanhoe

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0199538409 ISBN 13:  9780199538409
Editorial: Oxford University Press España, ..., 2000
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