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The Talisman

Author
Walter Scott
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
12 hours 24 minutes
ISBN
9781802565379
Published
19 April 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Third Crusade
  • Sir Kenneth
  • Richard the Lionheart
  • Saladin
  • Political Intrigue
  • Cultural Clashes
  • Honor
  • Chivalry
  • Peaceful Coexistence
  • Medieval World

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"The Talisman" by Walter Scott is a historical novel set during the Third Crusade. It follows the adventures of Sir Kenneth, a Scottish knight, and his encounters with Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Amidst political intrigue and cultural clashes, the narrative explores themes of honor, chivalry, and the possibility of peaceful coexistence. Scott's vivid storytelling immerses readers in the medieval world, creating a compelling tale of war, friendship, and the quest for a mythical talisman. "The Talisman" stands as a captivating exploration of the complexities of religious and cultural differences in the Holy Land.

Author

Walter Scott (1771–1832) invented the historical novel as a popular art. Waverley, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy taught Europe that the past could be walked through — tartan, crusade, and the clash of Highland and Hanoverian as living weather, not a school lesson. A poet and an Edinburgh lawyer before the novels made him famous, Scott wrote at a pace that built Abbotsford and a nation's tourist imagination.

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