The Talisman (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1825
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Twelfth century
- Setting: The Holy Land
- Principal Characters: Richard the Lion-Hearted, Sir Kenneth, El Hakim Salarin, Theodorick of Engaddi, Queen Berengaria, Lady Edith Plantagenet, Conrade, The Grand Master of the Knights Templars
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Courage, Kings, queens, or royalty, Adventure, Middle Ages, Middle East, Knights or knighthood, Talisman or magical object, Impostors or imposture, Crusades, Twelfth century
- Locales: Holy Land
The Story:
Sir Kenneth, the Knight of the Couchant Leopard, was one of the knights who followed King Richard the Lion-Hearted to the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. At the time, Richard was ill with a fever, and the Council of Kings and Princes had sent Kenneth on a mission to Theodorick of Engaddi, a religious hermit who acted as a go-between for both Christians and Muslims. Richard was not aware of the mission, for the other leaders in the crusade were jealous of him and his power, and they resented his high-handed methods and his conceit. In the desert, Kenneth met and...
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