Ivengo

Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) - Scottish prose writer, poet, classic of world literature, founder of the genre of historical novel. The writer possessed phenomenal performance, publishing two novels a year. He wrote twenty-eight novels, nine poems, many stories, literary and critical articles, historical works.
The historical novel "Ivengo" (1819) tells of the time complex for medieval England - the hostility of the Anglo -Saxons and the Normans. King Richard Lion"s heart did not return from the crusade, captured by the insidious Duke of Austrian.
Meanwhile, his brother Prince John (John of the Land) sows the troubles in the country, intending to seize the throne ...
The young knight Aivengo secretly returns from the Crusade home, a spear and a sword protects his honor and rights, his beloved Lady Row ...
In the XIX century, the novel "Ivengo" was recognized as the classic of adventure literature.
For senior school age