Ivanhoe (Summarized Edition)

Set in late twelfth-century England under Norman rule, Ivanhoe tracks the disinherited knight, Rowena, Rebecca, and the outlaw Locksley through the Ashby tournament, abductions, and the siege of Torquilstone. Scott marries swift romance to learned archaism and multiple viewpoints, effectively founding the modern historical novel. His antiquarian detail—heraldry, legal custom, monastic life—frames ...