Ivanhoe
Author: first_name: Sir Walter
last_name: Scott
Language: English

“Ivanhoe” may not be profound literature, but it sure is high entertainment. It is perhaps the first historical novel. Sir Walter Scott set his story in the time of the Third Crusade, 1189, and as you’ll see in the introductory material, he felt a need to defend his creation’s approach and setting. Themes include the Norman/Saxon friction in England at that time (and thus, French/English lingual differences), Christian/Jewish concerns, false/true Christianity, degrees of villainy/morality, an ir