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Most Walter Scott novels share similar subject matter: Scottish Border stories. His obsession with Scottish Folklore and history permeates the most well-known novels of Scott's writing career. Scott created a series of popular books called The Waverly Series, which saw great success in its time. This success is likely due to the audience's love for real stories, dynamic characters, and plenty of action, all of which are included in Scott's books. There are a few novels in this series that stand out, particularly because of their surprising success during his life.

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  Old Mortality (1816)
  

Published as the first novel in The Waverly Series, Old Mortality follows a young Presbyterian man named Henry Morton who finds himself in the center of a religious feud between the Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches. Set in 18th century Scotland, the novel makes use of historical facts and actual conflicts while imagining a tumultuous love story for its main character. Mixing love and battle in a historical novel likely catalyzed the success of Scott's first book.
Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, Ivanhoe is packed with memorable incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and equally memorable characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert; the Jew, Isaac of York, and his beautiful, spirited daughter Rebecca; Wamba and Gurth, jester and swineherd respectively.
Scott explores the conflicts between the Crown and the powerful Barons, between the Norman overlords and the conquered Saxons, and between Richard and his scheming brother, Prince John. At the same time he brings into the novel the legendary Robin Hood and his band, and creates a brilliant, colourful account of the age of chivalry with all its elaborate rituals and costumes and its values of honour and personal glory. The Waverley Novels, a series of more than two dozen historical novels published by Sir Walter Scott between 1814 and 1832. Although the novels were extremely popular and strongly promoted at the time, he did not publicly reveal his authorship of them until 1827. Notable works in the series include Waverley (1814), Guy Mannering (1815), Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821), Quentin Durward (1823), and Redgauntlet (1824). Some of the novels were originally published in a four-part series titled Tales of My Landlord. All the stories were published together in a 48-volume series called Waverley Novels (1829–33), containing Scott’s prefaces and final revisions but completed after his death. The series influenced generations of writers and earned Scott his reputation as the founder of the historical novel genre.
Scott’s early Waverley books deal with several different phases of Scottish history and were noted for their characterizations of ordinary people and their use of regional Scottish dialect. These novels often concern the clash between heroic traditions of the past and practical visions of the future. Waverley, for example, treats the tensions between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians in the mid-18th century, while The Heart of Midlothian addresses the social conflict following the Porteous Riots of 1736 over the execution of a smuggler. Scott set his other novels in historical periods dating to the Middle Ages in locales such as England, France, Palestine, and the Orkney Islands.

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  A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
  
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  In the center of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired movie the chivalrousness and the daring stand. Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor), the disowned knight join to the bravehearted and high-minded Robin of Locksley (Harold Warrender), the valiant of Sherwood Forest. They want King Richard (Norman Wooland) to rule the kingdom instead of evil Prince John (Guy Rolfe).
  
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  Returning from the Crusades in the Holy Land, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) learns that King Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland) is imprisoned in Austria. Once in England, his pleas to pay the ransom fall on deaf ears, as Prince John (Guy Rolfe) and cronies enjoy their current situation far too much. Joining forces with Robin of Locksley (Harold Warrender), Ivanhoe takes steps to raise the money, all the while trying to re-establish his relationship with his father, who disowned him years previously.
  

In the twelfth century, England is divided along ethno-religious lines, with the Saxons on one side and the Normans on the other. King Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland), who is supported by the Saxons, is kidnapped in returning from the Crusades. Against his father Cedric's (Finlay Currie's) orders leading to Cedric disowning him as a son, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor), one of Richard's knights and faithful subjects, goes in search of Richard, Ivanhoe's absence leading to speculation by the Normans that he is dead. Ivanhoe is able to locate Richard, who is being held captive by Leopold of Austria with the knowledge of Richard's brother, Prince John (Guy Rolfe), who has assumed the throne in Richard's absence with the support of the Normans. The ransom for Richard's release is the enormous sum of one hundred fifty marks of silver. Knowing that he cannot come up with that sum of silver through the Saxons alone, Ivanhoe approaches the Jews, led by Isaac (Felix Aylmer), for their support, despite the Jews being regarded as infidels. Despite already being in love with Lady Rowena (Joan Fontaine), one of his father's wards, Ivanhoe mutually develops feelings for Rebecca (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), Isaac's beautiful daughter. Beyond freeing Richard, Ivanhoe has to coordinate the Saxon forces, with the Jews by their side, to depose John from the throne, John protected by his army led by Norman knight, Brian De Bois-Guilbert (George Sanders). For De Bois-Guilbert, defeating the Saxons is not so much the honor of protecting John, but rather knowing that he has defeated who he knows the instigator of the Saxons being Ivanhoe, especially as De Bois-Guilbert is in love with Rebecca. As such, Rebecca and Rowena end up being pawns used by the Normans in the battle for the throne.
In late 12th century England, the Saxons and Normans retain lingering hatred of one another. Unpopular Norman Prince John has ruled England since his brother, King Richard, left for the Holy Land to lead the Third Crusade, and many assume that Richard is now dead. During Saxon Ivanhoe's long journey back to England, however, he finds Richard in an Austrian prison, languishing because John will not pay his ransom. Once back in England, Ivanhoe disguises himself as a minstrel and goes to the castle of his father Cedric, with whom he became estranged when he left for the Holy Land. While Cedric offers hospitality in his banquet hall to both Norman and Saxon travelers, Ivanhoe is recognized only by his faithful servant, Wamba.
Wamba takes him to see Rowena, Cedric's ward, whom Ivanhoe has loved since childhood. Ivanhoe returns to the banquet hall just as another traveler, a Jew named Isaac, seeks refuge for the night. Although the Normans present, including De Bois-Guilbert and Sir Hugh De Bracy, protest, Cedric offers hospitality to Isaac, insisting that everyone is welcome at his table. As they dine, the Normans discuss a tournament that will soon take place in Ashby, prompting Guilbert to recall a past tournament during which a masked Saxon knight named Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe bested him, then disappeared. Cedric then bitterly says that Ivanhoe was his son, but is now dead to him. Ivanhoe later reveals himself to Cedric and asks for money to save Richard, but Cedric is convinced the king is dead and refuses. Ivanhoe tells Rowena that he will see her after winning the tournament, then leaves with Wamba.
Later that night, Norman soldiers attempt to rob Isaac, who has been forced to sleep in the barn, but Ivanhoe and Wamba interrupt the attack. A grateful Isaac then takes Ivanhoe and Wamba to his home in Sheffield, where Ivanhoe asks Isaac to help raise money for Richard's ransom. Isaac does not find Richard any more sympathetic to Jews than John, but because Isaac is in Ivanhoe's debt, he promises to supplement whatever money is raised.
The next night, a young woman who says that she is the servant of Isaac's daughter Rebecca, approaches Ivanhoe at the inn at which he is staying and offers jewels to finance his kit in the tournament. Looking closely at her eyes, Ivanhoe recognizes her as the beautiful woman he noticed at the window of Isaac's house and deduces that she is Rebecca.