Ivanhoe – Scott Walter (2020)

Fight, brave knights! A man dies, glory survives! – Fight! It is better to die than to surrender! Young knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe defied his father's will for love, and thus had to leave England. With the army of King Richard the Lionheart, he participated in the crusade to the Holy Land and now returns, driven by a passionate desire for his Rowena, whom he intends to prove not only that he is alive but that he has remained faithful to her. However, he is drawn into an extraordinarily dangerous game – a bloody power struggle between King Richard and his notoriously cruel scheming brother John. The story of terrible enmity and loyal brotherhood, featuring strong, independent, faithful, and beautiful women, brave knights, and the famous outlaw Robin Hood with a host of other merry companions, pulling one clever trick after another from their sleeves, depicts an inexhaustible series of tournaments, battles, and risky adventures set in the romantic world of medieval virtues. The thrilling narrative reaches the hearts of twenty-first-century readers – such is the power of the inventive Czech translation...