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Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe: Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader by David Purdie
Author(s): Sir Walter Scott (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2012
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 190837358X
- ISBN-13: 9781908373588
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
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[Ivanhoe] may have been badly wounded in combat – only to revover and save the day – but he has never been sliced up like this. –Scotland on Sunday
A curious exemplification of the power of a single book for good or harm is shown in the effects wrought by
Don Quixote and those wrought by Ivanhoe. The first swept the world’s admiration for the mediaeval chivalry-silliness out of existence; and the other restored it. –Mark TwainAbout the Author
DAVID PURDIE was born privately in Prestwick and educated publicly at Ayr Academy and Glasgow University. Now a former medical academic, he devotes what time is left to writing, lecturing and broadcasting. David is Editor-in-Chief of The Burns Encyclopaedia, which deals with the life and work of the poet Robert Burns, and is Chairman of the Sir Walter Scott Club of Edinburgh. He is in considerable demand as an after-dinner speaker and lecturer, described in this role by the Daily Telegraph as ‘probably our best of the moment’. He now lives in Edinburgh.
