by Walter Scott · Forum · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475743936
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«El talismán» is the adventure novel by Walter Scott, published by Forum in 1985 in paperback (317 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Syria during the Third Crusade, it narrates the struggle between Christians and Saracens for the Holy Land. With Richard the Lionheart ill, the intrigues of the crusaders threaten the enterprise; the Scottish knight Sir Kenneth sees his honor and his life at stake. A wise and valiant Arab character adds a different perspective on the conflict.
The book belongs to the Grandes Aventuras collection (no. 34). El talismán is the second part of the series Tales of the Crusaders.
For readers of historical fiction, adventure, and nineteenth-century classics.
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.
