Scott Walter

The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of...

Easy Classics - a new series of well-loved novels from the treasury of English and American literature, retold and abridged by native speakers for learners of English. All titles are richly illustrated and annotated....

Młody Frank zostaje wysłany przez ojca do zamku szkockich krewnych Osbaldystone`ów. Wykształcony, wrażliwy młodzieniec nie chce zajmować się sprawami handlowymi rodzinnej spółki. Pragnie się poświęcić sztuce oraz literaturze. Przebywając na przymusowym wygnaniu, nie potrafi zaprzyjaźnić się z nikim, a jedyną bliską osobą staje się tajemnicza Diana...

From its first publication in 1816 Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Scott's finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a legendary, disputed figure by the time Scott wrote - a heroic Scottish Robin Hood to some, an over-glamorised, unprincipled predator to others.Scott...

Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury.Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, Ivanhoe is packed with memorable incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and equally memorable characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert; the Jew,...

The first romantic historical novel and international bestseller, Waverley (1814) tells the story of Edward Waverley, a naive, sensitive young man who is posted to Scotland with his regiment, and becomes caught between the clans of the Jacobite Rising and the forces of the Hanoverian regime. He must decide whether he will follow the civilization he...