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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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Written in 1819 but set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe is a tale of love struggling to survive against a violent backdrop of politics and war.

Wilfred of Ivanhoe was thrown out of his father's home when he fell in love with his father Cedric's ward, Lady Rowena. Ivanhoe later returns from fighting in the Crusades and is wounded in a jousting tournament. A series of events follows, including the return of King Richard to England, resulting in Ivanhoe's reconciliation with Cedric and his marriage to Rowena.

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Public Domain (P)2019 Naxos Audiobooks Classics Fiction Historical Fiction England Middle Ages Crusade

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This story is a bit dated in language but that is soon overcome and not a real issue (for me at least).
I found it very enjoyable once I got used to the style.

Good story, well delivered.

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One of the grate tales of knights and battle of old ,that young boys have listen to for over hundred years.

A grate story of knight’s and battles

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well, what can you say about such an epic classic of English literature? beautifully written and gripping to the very end.

gripping to the end

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Scott has been long associated with “Scottish cringe” but references to this novel as presenting a Jewish heroine in Mortimer’ s “Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain “ motivated a reappraisal.
The narrator is brilliant- I’d not have lasted with some of the readers who used to narrate the classics not long ago.
Scott has more humour than I realised and I recognise subtle subversion under the sycophancy to English pride.

Better than I thought

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In Ivanhoe, Walter Scott more or less invented the myth of chivalrous knights, beautiful maidens in high towers and, of course, of Robin Hood. There are dastardly Normans and good honest and honourable Saxons, and plenty of action.

Although wordy in places, the novel moves forward at a brisk pace with plenty of drama and moments of high tension. The novel is unusual for the period in other ways too. The Jewish characters in the book are presented with sympathy, and Rebecca has a much more prominent and interesting role in the novel than our title character. At the same time, Walter Scott is surprisingly sarcastic about the behaviour of many of the so-called Christians in the book.

I find it amusing that King Richard the First is portrayed as a true Englishman when he only spent a few months of his ten-year reign in England and certainly didn’t speak Saxon-English, but we forgive that licence when Walter Scott gives us such an entertaining and engaging novel. I really enjoyed this romp through merry England, and I much preferred Ivanhoe to, for example, The Three Musketeers which is also considered an adventure romp of worthy knights and blushing maidens. Walter Scott’s sense of fun and his brisk pacing beats that hands down. I can highly recommend Ivanhoe and will certainly try more of Walter Scott’s works.

David Rintoul's performance is magnificent - pacey and energetic and bringing out the full humour of the book.

An Enjoyable Romp through Merrye England

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