num_pages: 448
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 conflicts: 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, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, Waldemar Fitzurse, Richard I of England, Prince John Lackland, Black Knight, Rebecca of York, Ivanhoe, Robert von der Normandie, Robin of Locksley, John of England, Iorlvaux, Maid Marion, Isaac of York, Cedric of Rotherwood, Maurice De Bracy, Bruder Gurth, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Le Noir-Fainéant, Brian de Bois-Guilbert
genres: Romance, Literature, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Historical, Adventure, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 93551
places: England
publisher: Bantam Classics