Ivanhoe A Romance

Introduction by Diana Gabaldon With Notes by Sir Walter Scott, Laurence Templeton (nom de plume of Sir Walter Scott), and David Laing In one of the first great historical novels-hailed by Victor Hugo as "the real epic of our age"-the Norman-Saxon conflict is vividly re-created. Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the battle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and Richard's malignant brother John: a struggle that brings Ivanhoe into an alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good. In her Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, Diana Gabaldon praises Sir Walter Scott "not merely as a purveyor of sensation and entertainment ... but as a craftsman of historical fiction." This masterwork of Scott's is an engrossing trip into a vanished world.Scott, Walter, Sr. is the author of 'Ivanhoe A Romance' with ISBN 9780679642237 and ISBN 0679642234.