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
King Richard I - The Lionheart
While Richard Plantagenet is revered as one of the great warrior kings of England, he is perhaps best known as "the absent king." This is due to the fact that during his...
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish Writer & Poet
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer and poet and one of the greatest historical novelists. Ivanhoe (1819) set in the reign of Richard I is perhaps the best known of Scott's...
