description: Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels to take place in the middle ages but it is far from being the fantastic, medievalist romance associated (in the critical imagination) with a visionary Britain that never was. This is the first novel in English to deal seriously with issues of race. At the same time, it provides an exciting read to a contemporary audience.
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: 93545
places: England
publisher: Edinburgh University Press