★★★
GENRE: Romance
SUBJECT: Normans vs. Saxons, Richard II reign
Setting: England
CHARACTERS: Ivanhoe, Cedric, Rowena, Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Isaac the Jew, Rebecca, Prince John, Black Knight, Robin of Locklsley
DATE READ: September 12 - September 13
NO. OF PAGES: 532
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?: yes, Nook stockpile
PLOT:....................................................................3.00
CHARACTERIZATION:.......................................3.00
TOPICS: ...............................................................3.00
STYLE:..................................................................2.50
ORIGINALITY:.......................................................2.50
ADDICTIVENESS:..............................................2.50
OWNERSHIP:......................................................3.00
Threshold Quality.................................................3.00
Average..............................................................................................2.81
This historical fiction adventure story may have been sensational in the early 19th century but history has been told far better in the 20th century so the book doesn't really hold up well.
This tale of Normans vs. Saxons in the reign of Richard the Lionheart also showed the social division of the Christians vs. Jews. Broken into three sections, we see Ivanhoe at the tournament as a disinherited knight, the captivity of the major characters and the trial of the Jewess, Rebecca, for sorcery. The story was entertaining but not sensational.
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