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1745. The year of the final Jacobite uprising. Edward Waverley, a
naïve, aristocratic English soldier is posted to Dundee as part of
the Hanoverian army. He takes leave to visit the castle of his
uncle’s Jacobite friend, Baron Bradwardine, in the lowlands of
Scotland. Wild Highlanders visit the castle, and curiosity gets the
better of Waverley. He travels north into the Scottish Highlands
and the heart of the Jacobite rebellion and its aftermath. Our hero
finds himself caught between the Jacobite clans and the Hanoverian
regime, and between two women – the feisty Flora MacIvor, sister
of the clan chief, and the Baron’s quiet, demure daughter Rose.
This edition of Sir Walter Scott’s classic novel of history and
romance has been expertly reworked for modern audiences by Jenni
Calder.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. 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, his ward and a descendant of the Saxon
king Alfred, to Lord Aethelstane, pretender to the throne of
England. In so doing, Ivanhoe would unite two rival Saxon houses in
their claim for the crown. Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades in
secret and is joined in his plans to re-establish Richard on the
thrown by the moneylender Isaac of York, his daughter Rebecca, the
mysterious Black Knight, Lady Rowena, and Robin Hood and his merry
men.
A special hardback edition of David Purdie's controversial
adaptation of Scott's classic historical novel. Ivanhoe follows
Wilfred of Ivanhoe, part of one of the few Saxon families at a time
when English nobility was dominated by the Normans, who is out of
favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king,
Richard the Lionheart. The gripping storyline beautifully captures
the 12th century tensions between Saxons and Normans, Nobility and
Commonality and Jews and Gentiles, with a whole host of well-known
characters from Robin Hood to Friar Tuck.
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Letters (Hardcover)
Of Sir Walter Scotts Family to Their
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R872
Discovery Miles 8 720
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Of Sir Walter Scotts Family to Their
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R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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The Crusades (Hardcover)
Edward Gibbon, Guillaume Caoursin; Created by Sir Walter Scott
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R1,046
Discovery Miles 10 460
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The Crusades (Paperback)
Edward Gibbon, Guillaume Caoursin; Created by Sir Walter Scott
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R735
Discovery Miles 7 350
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Lucia Di Lammermoor (Hardcover)
Gaetano Donizetti, Salvatore Cammarano; Created by Sir Walter Scott
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R793
Discovery Miles 7 930
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Lucia Di Lammermoor (Paperback)
Gaetano Donizetti, Salvatore Cammarano; Created by Sir Walter Scott
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R419
Discovery Miles 4 190
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Letters (Paperback)
Of Sir Walter Scotts Family to Their Old
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R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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Of Sir Walter Scotts Family to Their Old
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R872
Discovery Miles 8 720
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