Walter Scott - Libros y biografía

Bloody battles, cheap shot, usurped thrones and finally the love. Protagonist of this epic novel is Ivanhoe heir of a Saxon noble family, fighting side-by-side with the Norman king, Richard I of England.

Walter Scott nous conte l'histoire d'un brigand au grand coeur, héros dans son cher pays, l'Écosse, qui ne peut manquer de faire penser à Robin des Bois. Il veut aussi nous montrer l'opposition entre...

Walter Scott propose ici un roman médiéval dont l'action se passe dans un château mystique devenu le théâtre de l'affrontement entre les Anglais et les Écossais. C’est aussi et surtout une magnifique...

Romanzo epico ambientato nell’Inghilterra del XII secolo che, attraverso la storia del condottiero Ivanhoe che combatte a fianco di Riccardo Cuor di Leone, narra il contrasto tra normanni e sassoni. In...

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades -- a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit. In Scott's own words: ...the warlike character of Richard I, wild and generous,...

The story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour...

Il dottor Johnson definì essere il romanzo nel suo primitivo significato — “una favola militare del medio evo; una storia di strane avventure amorose e cavalleresche.” Sebbene tale definizione esprima...

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 22/09/2021 Ivanhoe è ritenuto uno dei primi romanzi storici :le vicende si svolgono nell'inghilterra del XII secolo ai tempi della contrapposizione tra i Normanni vincitori e i Sassoni,...

The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two Tales of the Crusaders, the second being The Talisman. Parts of the novel were incorporated into Francesco Maria Piave's libretto...

The Fair Maid of Perth is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth and other parts of Scotland around 1400. The book had been intended...

Wilfred of Ivanhoe is a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to reclaim his inheritance and his true love, Rowena. Conflicts in England, however, make his journey a difficult one. Ivanhoe is all...

The "Betrothed" did not greatly please one or two friends, who thought that it did not well correspond to the general title of "The Crusaders." They urged, therefore, that, without direct allusion to...

In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between...

The ideal being who is here presented as residing in solitude, and haunted by a consciousness of his own deformity, and a suspicion of his being generally subjected to the scorn of his fellow-men, is...

Rob Roy by Walter Scott Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. It is probably set in 1715, the year of the first Jacobite uprising, and the social and economic...

Ivanhoe e? un famoso romanzo storico dello scrittore scozzese Sir Walter Scott, scritto intorno ai 48 anni (1819) e frutto della sua profonda attenzione e dell’attaccamento alle origini storiche e mitologiche...

Waverley by Walter Scott is a historical novel by Walter Scott (1771–1832). Scott was already famous as a poet, and chose to publish it anonymously in 1814 as his first venture into prose fiction. It...

My Aunt Margaret was one of that respected sisterhood upon whom devolve all the trouble and solicitude incidental to the possession of children, excepting only that which attends their entrance into the...

Eine spannende mittelalterliche Geschichte: ... Es war unter der Regierung, welche jener Roberts III. vorherging, daß Schönheit allein ein Weib von niedrigem Stande und zweifelhaften Sitten auf den Thron...

The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd...

Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. The story is set in 12th century England, after the failure of the Third Crusade,...

WALTER SCOTT: The Complete Novels (Illustrated) is a comprehensive collection of the renowned author's prominent works, including classics such as Waverley, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy. Scott's literary style...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of Sir Walter Scott: Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, The Heart of Midlothian and many more (Illustrated...

In Walter Scott's novel 'St. Ronan's Well,' the author explores the themes of love, honor, and betrayal in the setting of a rural Scottish spa town. The book is written in Scott's signature historical...

Darsie Latimer is a young man who gets kidnapped by Hugh Redgauntlet, and taken to a village in Dumfries. After much intrigue Darsie discovers that Redgauntlet is his uncle. He also discovers that a number...

Guy Mannering is set in the 1760s to 1780s, mostly in the Galloway area of southwest Scotland, but with episodes in Cumberland, Holland, and India. It tells the story of Henry "Harry" Bertram, the son...

The scene of this romance is laid in the fifteenth century, when the feudal system, which had been the sinews and nerves of national defence, and the spirit of chivalry, by which, as by a vivifying soul,...

The Talisman Walter Scott - The Talisman is one of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. Published in 1825 as the second of his Tales of the Crusaders, the first being The Betrothed, it is set during...

The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott - The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of...

Ivanhoe A Romance Walter Scott - Ivanhoe, set in 12th century England, has been credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds...