Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
In Ivanhoe, Scott created the imperial myth of national cultural identity that has shaped the popular imagination since its first appearance in late 1819. With the secret return of King Richard and the disillusioned Saxon knight Ivanhoe, Scott confronts his extraordinary and whirlwind romance, which includes a tournament at Ashby de la Zuche, the siege of Torkilstone, and the clash of treaties between the evil Templar Bois-Hilbert and the exalted Rebecca.
