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Chronicles Of Canongate: The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, The Surgeon's Daug by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Fiction
Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere.
Classics Illustrated: No. 13: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Children's Books
The Story of Wilfred of Ivanhoe has thrilled audiences since it was first conceived in the early 19th century. Set in 1194 at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir Walter Scott's novel also contains appearances by Sir Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men. Ray Lago's background in action-packed comics makes h ...Show more
Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Fiction
On the auspicious night that Guy Mannering is shown to the house of the Bertrams of Ellengowan, their heir is born and Mannering, a sceptical astrologer, predicts his future. Five years later the prophecy is fulfilled, and Harry Bertram finds himself at the centre of a plot to rob him of his inheritance ...Show more
Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736. The people of the city have been infuriated by the actions of John Porteous, Captain of the Guard, and when they hear that his death has been reprieved by the distant monarch they ignore the Que ...Show more
IVANHOE - ILLUSTRATED EDITION by WALTER SCOTT
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)
For generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterwor ...Show more
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Fiction
It is the dark days of King Richard's reign, when the beloved king is fighting in far-off lands, leaving his corrupt brother John in charge of his kingdom. Tensions between Saxon and Norman lords erupt in bouts of bloodshed or foul play; good men are banished, forced to turn outlaw and serve the true ki ...Show more
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
A century has passed since the Norman Conquest, and England is still a colony of foreign warlords. Prince John is plotting to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are making fools out of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Wilfred, knight of Ivanhoe, th ...Show more
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, Ivanhoe is packed with memorable incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and equally memorable characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert; the Jew, Isaac of York, and his bea ...Show more
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Category: Classic
Written in 1819 but set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe is a tale of love struggling to survive against a violent backdrop of politics and war. Wilfred of Ivanhoe was thrown out of his father's home when he fell in love with his father Cedric's ward, Lady Rowena. Ivanhoe later returns from fighting in ...Show more