Ivanhoe - formato ePub

Toda mentalidad religiosa cree en lo sobrenatural y también en la existencia de un principio del bien y otro del mal que se hallan enfrentados en una lucha de resultado incierto. La «creencia, casi universal,...

Basándose en la mundialmente conocida tradición legendaria de héroes justicieros como Robin Hood, Walter Scott urdió la trama de Ivanhoe, situándola precisamente en el período histórico de Inglaterra...

Ivanhoe es hijo de sir Cedric, un caudillo sajón, cuyo deseo es restaurar el trono de Inglaterra en la estirpe sajona. Cedric cree que logrará su objetivo casando a su pupila, lady Rowena con Athelstane,...

El libro se desarrolla en el siglo XV durante el reinado de Luis XI de Francia y en pleno enfrentamiento con Carlos el temerario, duque de Borgoña. Quintín Durward es un joven escocés que busca fortuna...

El cuento sucede en un castillo de un rico terrateniente, a donde ha llegado sin así planearlo un viejo amigo, al que no veía hacia mucho, el general Browne, recién llegado de América, en donde había...

Un noble francés llamado Quintin Durward recibe la misión de ejercer como caballero protector de la bella dama Isabel, con la que su tío, el viejo Lord Crawford, pretende casarse con la colaboración política...

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Ivanhoe es hijo de sir Cedric, un caudillo sajón, cuyo deseo es restaurar el trono de Inglaterra en la estirpe sajona. Cedric cree que logrará su objetivo casando a su pupila, lady Rowena con Athelstane,...

Walter Scott. Las espectrales islas Shetland, en pleno mar del Norte, parecen el refugio ideal para dos hombres que huyen de su pasado. Mertoun y Cleveland, dos naúfragos, uno de la vida y el otro del...

En la Escocia de 1679, enfrentada entre partidarios del rey Carlos II y seguidores de la secta puritana de los covenanters, el asesinato de un arzobispo desata los hilos de una guerra civil largamente...

Como Wordsworth, Scott tuvo que crear el gusto para su obra. Descubrió que no hay romance como el romance de la vida real. Como escritor, trató de reconciliar para el lector todas las variedades de...

A su vuelta de Tierra Santa, Ivanhoe, hijo de un caudillo sajón, participa en el torneo que proclamará reina de la "belleza" a su amada lady Rowena. El joven resulta herido, pero vence a los caballeros...

La novela nos ubica en Escocia, durante el gobierno de la reina Ana I de Bretaña, entre 1702 y 1714. La trama relata los infortunios de un amor desgraciado entre Lucy Ashton y el enemigo de su familia,...

El talismán nos ubica dentro de la Tercera Cruzada, a veces conocida como Cruzada del Rey (Kings Crusade, ya que en ella participo nada menos que la estirpe de los Plantagenet, representada en la piel...

Ivanhoe es hijo de sir Cedric, un caudillo sajón, cuyo deseo es restaurar el trono de Inglaterra en la estirpe sajona. Cedric cree que logrará su objetivo casando a su pupila, lady Rowena con Athelstane,...

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Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...

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St Andrews, Scotland: When a woman's eviscerated body is found on the golf course close to the Fairmont Hotel, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate DS Jessie Janes are assigned the investigation. But...

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A new job. A new home. A new start.It's all Anna wants.But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished...

Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's father is out of work. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all...

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Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions...

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NORTH WIND COMES A DARKLY REIMAGINED TALE OF FORBIDDEN LOVE, INSPIRED BY THE GREEK MYTH OF HERO AND LEANDER AND THE SCOTTISH BALLAD TAM LIN.    Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated...

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