Autor Sir Walter Scott

Wilfred of Ivanhoe is a Saxon loyal to the Norman king Richard I. Because of this loyalty, and his love for Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe is cast out by his father, a Saxon loyalist determined to liberate the Saxon people from Norman rule. He plans to marry Rowena,…

‘Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.’ Set just before the Jacobite Rising in 1715, Scott drew upon the political and economic struggles leading up to the rebellion and the tumultuous history of the Highlands in his classic adventure…

The Modern Library is making a killing on TV/feature film tie-ins to classics. Like its recent incarnations of Gullivers Travels and Emma, this offers a quality hardcover for little more than a paperback price.