Storename eBay Template\nFree UK \nDelivery\nFree \nReturns\nCustomer Satisfaction \nGuaranteed\nTop Customer \nFeedbackIvanhoe (Vintage Classics)Product DescriptionWhen Sir Walter Scott, a solicitor by trade, produced Ivanhoe in 1791, he invented the historical novel. This great romantic tale of peril and rescue, chivalry and pageantry created a genre Scotsman It's brilliantly written, the most tremendous story, a fantastic adventure, and it's also got this wonderful love story -- Tony Blair I devoured it -- Sebastian Faulks Independent [Ivanhoe] entranced people all over Europe, with Goethe declaring that Scott had invented 'a wholly new art' Daily Telegraph The central place of Sir Walter Scott and all his works is so deeply ingrained in the Scottish consciousness that there is scarcely an article written about Scotland or Scottishness that does not mention his name Daily Mail About the Author Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on 15 August 1777. He was educated in Edinburgh a.