description: Ivanhoe (1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his first attempt to combine history and romance, which later influenced Victorian medievalism. Set at the time of the Norman Conquest, Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to claim his inheritance and the love of Rowena and becomes involved in the struggle between Richard Coeur de Lion and his Norman brother John. The gripping narrative is structured by a series of Saxon versus Norman, Christian versus Jew, men versus women, played out against Scott's unflinching moral realism.
language: English
title: Ivanhoe
titlecomplete: Ivanhoe
characters: Little John, Ivanhoe, Robin of Locksley, Maurice De Bracy, Black Knight, Iorlvaux, Bruder Gurth, Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Robert von der Normandie, Richard I of England, Cedric of Rotherwood, Maid Marion, Prince John Lackland, Le Noir-Fainéant, Isaac of York, Rebecca of York, John of England, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Waldemar Fitzurse
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Medieval, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 93539
places: England
publisher: Dutton Adult