{"product_id":"9781411432420","title":"Ivanhoe (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eIvanhoe\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eSir Walter Scott\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Medieval England. King Richard the Lion-hearted, coming home from the Crusades, has been captured and imprisoned in Austria. His wicked brother, John, has seized the throne and refuses to pay Richard’s ransom. Meanwhile the conflict between Saxon and Norman threatens to turn into civil war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanding above it all is Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the disinherited son of Cedric, a Saxon noble. Ivanhoe enraged his father by following the Norman Richard to the Crusades. Now back in England, he wants to help rescue Richard—and marry Cedric’s ward, Rowena. But Cedric has pledged her to a highborn Saxon in hopes of creating a new Saxon royal line. To this mix \u003cb\u003eWalter Scott\u003c\/b\u003e adds several ferocious Norman villains, the legendary Robin Hood, a Shakespearean \"wise fool” who constantly offers wryly sardonic comments on the action, and a sidelong look at English anti-Semitism, as a pair of Jewish characters, the beautiful Rebecca and her father, Isaac of York, alternately protect and garner protection from Ivanhoe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its clanging swords, burning castles, damsels in distress, and kings in disguise, \u003ci\u003eIvanhoe\u003c\/i\u003e remains Scott’s best-loved novel of historical romance. \u003cb\u003eGillen D'Arcy Wood \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Australia, and came to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992. He took his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000, and is now Assistant Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of an historical novel, \u003ci\u003eHosack’s Folly\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2005), and a cultural history of Romantic literature and art, \u003ci\u003eThe Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760–1860\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave, 2001), as well as numerous articles on nineteenth-century British literature and culture.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121652023536,"sku":"9781411432420","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411432420_p0.jpg?v=1763722714","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411432420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}