Ivanhoe

About this book

Exuberant, colourful and packed with incident, Ivanhoe is Sir Walter Scott's great romance of the Age of Chivalry.Scott's noble knight; brave Ivanhoe, returns home from the Crusades to claim Rowena, an Anglo-Saxon princess, to be his bride. Before long he is embroiled in the struggle between Prince John and his brother, Richard the Lionheart, who has returned incognito and enlisted the aid of Robin Hood and his merry men to win back the throne of England.'Caught at the right age, or in the right mood, it is hard to imagine a reader finding any book more exciting or more delightful... a wonder of suspense' - A. N. WilsonAventura / Drama / Ficção / Romance