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After rejecting the life his father has laid out for him, Frank Osbaldistone is sent to the North of England to live with his Uncle, where he is to repent his sins. However, when his father's wealth and reputation are threatened, he is drawn to the Scottish Highlands, where he must retrieve a set of stolen documents. It is here that he is pulled into a number of skirmishes relating to the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and where his path frequently crosses with the mysterious maverick outlaw known as Rob Roy....

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.

Waverley by Sir Walter Scott is an enthralling tale of love, war and divided loyalties. Taking place during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the novel tells the story of proud English officer Edward Waverley. After being posted to Dundee, Edward eventually befriends chieftain of the Highland Clan Mac-Ivor and falls in love with his beautiful sister Flora. He then renounces his former loyalties in order actively to support Scotland in open rebellion against the Union with England. The book depicts stunning, romantic panoramas of the Highlands.

"Forse qualche anno fa avete già letto questo libro, Ivanhoe di Walter Scott. O forse, invece, è la prima volta che lo incontrate, ed è attraverso la voce. Magari sapete che è uno dei primi romanzi storici, e che il suo autore, Walter Scott, è il moderno ideatore di questo genere che oggi conosce tanta fortuna. E forse sapete anche che proprio questo romanzo ha ispirato Alessandro Manzoni a mettere mano ai suoi Promessi sposi. Di certo, di Ivanhoe avete sentito parlare. Vi aspettate cavalli e cavalieri, eroine e templari, sassoni e normanni, principi e buffoni, persino Robin Hood, e non rimarrete delusi."

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Como fiel reflejo de la sociedad en que se desarrolla, la literatura muestra los cambios y terrenos que ha ganado la mujer a lo largo de la historia. Aún queda mucho camino que recorrer pero Medea, Sherezade, Morella, Madame Bovary e, incluso, Lisbeth Salander han ayudado a defender y reivindicar los derechos de la mujer.

One of the world’s greatest conquerors that ever was, Alexander the Great never lost a battle and built one of the largest empires. Discover his military brilliance and what lead to his early death. After listening to this audiobook, in an hour or so, you will know everything about the life and legacy of Alexander the Great!

This tale, published in 1828, is based on The Story of an Apparition, a ghost story published in Blackwood's 10 years earlier by an author identified only as A. B. Sir Walter Scott took that rather flimsy story and turned into a masterful tale of the supernatural.

El cuento sucede en un castillo de un rico terrateniente, a donde ha llegado sin así planearlo un viejo amigo, al que no veía hacia mucho, el general Browne, recién llegado de América, en donde había participado en la guerra con Estados Unidos, camino a algún lugar se decide a visitar el Castillo que le ha llamado la atención, y se encuentra con su amigo, que le invita a hospedarse con él, ya que está celebrando una fiesta con muchos visitantes, pero no tiene para él más que una recámara alejada de la casa, a la que llaman "La cámara de los tapices".

Poet, novelist, critic and campaigner Walter Scott invented the historical novel and shaped the world’s image of Scotland. His tales of heroism, romance and adventure were hugely successful, outselling Jane Austen and Lord Byron, and are still popular today. Included here are adaptations of five of the best-loved books in his ‘Waverley’ series, as well as two bonus programmes.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. Whether they hail from the Lowlands or the Highlands, to be a Scottish author is to part of a quite an extraordinary band of authors and its literary traditions. These beguiling stories example the full range and majesty of their talents and the subjects they explore.

सर वाल्टर स्कॉट के प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'तलिसमान' का सरल हिंदी रूपान्तर इस पुस्तक में देखा जा सकता है।.

La historia del legendario arquero de Locksley, Robin Hood, no necesita presentación. Surge de una serie de baladas y leyendas del medievo inglés interpretadas y reunidas por el autor Sir Walter Scott para darles la forma del relato de ficción de un noble inglés que se convierte en proscrito para enfrentarse a un gobierno injusto y llevar a cabo la acción que le convertiría en leyenda: robar a los ricos para repartir sus riquezas entre los pobres.

सर वाल्टर स्कॉट के प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'इवानहो' का सरल रूपांतर हम यहाँ पढ़ सकते हैं।.

An einem strahlend schönen Sommertag des Jahres 1468 nähert sich ein junger Mann den düster ragenden Mauern des Schlosses Plessis-les-Tours, der Residenz Ludwigs XI. Und so unbekümmert er scheint, denkt er noch immer an jede seltsame Begegnung mit dem "Handwerksmeister Peter", den er an der Furt des Cher getroffen hatte. Noch kann er nicht ahnen, dass ebendiese Begegnung über sein ganzes Leben entscheidet, ihn zum Günstling des Königs bestimmt. Ein faszinierender Abriss französischer Geschichte.

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Robin Hood vivió en la segunda mitad del siglo XII bajo el reinado de Ricardo Corazón de León. La fatalidad lo hizo jefe de las últimas bandas de sajones armados que, rebeldes a la conquista normanda, vivían independientes en algunos condados de Inglaterra, fuera de la ley del vencedor, por lo que se les llamaba "outlaws" ("fuera de la ley"). Hacia el tiempo en que Ricardo Corazón de León salió de su cautividad, estos rebeldes jóvenes se habían refugiado en el bosque de Sherwood, teatro de sus aventuras.

Frank hates working in his father's office. He swaps places with his cousin Rashleigh. But what is Rashleigh up to? Who are his mysterious friends? Frank has to find some missing papers to save his father's business. The search takes him to Scotland, where he finds that his life is in danger. But who is it that wants to kill him? Frank meets the outlaw Rob Roy and heads for the Highlands, where he's seized by soldiers looking for Jacobite rebels. Whose side is Rob Roy really on? And how can Frank recover the papers which will save his father?

Edward Waverley is an English officer in the army of King George, but will his love for Flora, the beautiful Scottish rebel, lead him to betray his king? Life with his regiment in Scotland is dull until he visits his uncle's friends in the Highlands, where he meets Fergus McIvor and his sister Flora. Attracted by the wild freedom and romance of the Scottish clans, Edward finds himself in a difficult and dangerous position. His new friends are Jacobites, planning to overthrow King George and restore the Stuart monarchy.

From the rumblings of provincial England in Silas Marner and Cranford to a wild and dangerous journey across the Holy Lands in Ivanhoe, these classic novels of the Georgian and Victorian period are as relevant and important today as they ever have been.