Walter Scott · 1819 · overland

Walter Scott's 1819 romance of twelfth-century England, set in the tense years after the Norman Conquest while King Richard the Lionheart is held captive abroad. The disinherited Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to a land of Norman barons, a great tournament, a besieged castle, and the trial of the brave Jewish heroine Rebecca, with Robin Hood and a disguised king moving through the greenwood.

1. 1
   Rotherwood

   The Saxon hall of Cedric, where Ivanhoe returns in disguise from the Holy Land.

2. 2
   Ashby-de-la-Zouch

   The great tournament, where the Disinherited Knight unhorses the proud Templar.

3. 3
   Sherwood Forest

   The greenwood of Robin of Locksley, in the forests on the road to York.

4. 4
   Torquilstone

   The Norman castle where the captives are held, stormed and burned by the outlaws and the Black Knight.

5. 5
   Conisbrough

   The great keep where the Saxon thane Athelstane is mourned.

6. 6
   York

   To York and the Templar preceptory, where Rebecca is tried for sorcery and Ivanhoe fights for her life.