Physical description

Novel, 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott. Tan hard cover, black print and decoration

Inscriptions & markings

Front: 'Willie Couch / H.E.S. Form E / Portland 1st Feb 1917' (twice) - black ink on fly leaf

Summary

Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.