Ivanhoe
England's past comes alive in this classic tale featuring the disinherited knight Ivanhoe, his fair lady Rowena, and such larger-than-life characters as Richard the Lion Hearted and Robin Hood. A novel of the crusades, chivalry, and courtly love that not only recreated history, but made history...
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England's past comes alive in this classic tale featuring the disinherited knight Ivanhoe, his fair lady Rowena, and such larger-than-life characters as Richard the Lion Hearted and Robin Hood. A novel of the crusades, chivalry, and courtly love that not only recreated history, but made history as well.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451527998 (0451527992)
ASIN: 451527992
Publish date: July 1st 2001
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Średniowieczny klimat. Bohaterowie zapadający w pamięć. Fabuła, która wciąga. Czy trzeba czegoś więcej, by się dobrze bawić przy lekturze? Ok, na początek muszę to przyznać. Książka była przewidywalna. O pojawieniu się Ivanhoe wiedziałam wcześniej niż inni bohaterowie. I do tej pory nie mogę pojąć...
...le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
This was a re-read for me, and I do have to admit that I have either become more generous with my ratings or this one deserved higher the first time. Bumping it from 3 to 4 stars, I feel that this book is more fairly rated even if I still didn't enjoy it as much as I would expect to like a story ful...
You know what's weird? I spent three whole weeks getting through this 600-page novel, yet when I finished, I managed to reread half of it in the space of 12 hours. (That is, if going over all my favorite parts out of order counts as rereading.)So yeah, this was a challenging novel, but it was mostly...
Not the best books I've read, but I'm glad I've read it.