Ivanhoe follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a member of one of the few Saxon families at an era when the Normans dominated English nobility, who has fallen out of favour with his father because of his support to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart. With a cast of well-known characters ranging from Robin Hood to Friar Tuck, the riveting plot brilliantly evokes the 12th century conflicts between Saxons and Normans, Nobility and Commonality, Jews and Gentiles.
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