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The Talisman

by Walter Scott

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  1. Introduction

    26:28

  2. Chapter 1

    18:34

  3. Chapter 2

    34:52

  4. Chapter 3 Part 1

    32:40

  5. Chapter 3 Part 2

    25:20

  6. Chapter 4

    36:35

  7. Chapter 5

    12:58

  8. Chapter 6

    30:59

  9. Chapter 7

    32:30

  10. Chapter 8

    29:40

  11. Chapter 9

    33:34

  12. Chapter 10

    23:55

  13. Chapter 11 Part 1

    20:07

  14. Chapter 11 Part 2

    26:45

  15. Chapter 12

    20:26

  16. Chapter 13

    22:23

  17. Chapter 14

    22:00

  18. Chapter 15

    21:38

  19. Chapter 16

    14:19

  20. Chapter 17

    21:50

  21. Chapter 18

    36:54

  22. Chapter 19

    30:59

  23. Chapter 20

    36:09

  24. Chapter 21

    20:28

  25. Chapter 22

    31:09

  26. Chapter 23

    24:10

  27. Chapter 24

    33:42

  28. Chapter 25

    21:19

  29. Chapter 26

    30:01

  30. Chapter 27 Part 1

    22:17

  31. Chapter 27 Part 2

    22:12

  32. Chapter 28

    50:02

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Chivalry becomes a test of judgment as Richard I and Saladin confront one another during the Third Crusade. Walter Scott's 1825 historical novel places royal ambition beside ideals of courage and generosity. In his introduction, Scott describes the contrast between Richard's impetuous force and Saladin's political prudence, and explains how a Scottish tradition about a healing amulet helped shape the story.

Sir Kenneth's endangered reputation brings these competing loyalties into sharper focus. In the excerpt, the physician El Hakim urges the Scottish knight to seek protection under Saladin, while Kenneth responds with bitter concern for his honour. Their conversation also opens onto proposals for peace, pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the interests dividing the allied princes. Readers interested in medieval adventure will find a novel concerned with the cost of allegiance and the distance between knightly ideals and political bargaining.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish poet and novelist who effectively invented the historical novel with works like Ivanhoe and Waverley. Enormously popular across Europe, he shaped how the nineteenth century imagined the past.

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Reading time
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Pages
281
Language
English
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