Rotherwood: A Prequel to Ivanhoe - Paperback

by Chris Thorndycroft (Author)

Wilfred of Ivanhoe - the disinherited knight - fights for honour and love under the banner of Richard the Lionheart.

England, 1191. Disinherited for loving the Lady Rowena, young Wilfred of Ivanhoe joins King Richard the Lionheart's crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. But there are hard choices awaiting Wilfred in the Holy Land where innocence is lost and loyalties are divided. While facing war, disease and treason, Wilfred realises that he must also fight for his very soul before he can return home to his beloved Rowena.

Meanwhile, back in England, the machinations of the king's brother to steal the throne leave the country devastated by corruption and crippling taxes. Rowena of Rotherwood is determined to do something to ease the suffering of the poor and she finds an unexpected ally in the form of a nobleman-turned-outlaw who goes by the alias 'Locksley' ...

This thrilling medieval action-adventure reconstructs the events that lead into Walter Scott's seminal historical novel 'Ivanhoe'.