A Scottish crusader and Saladin cross paths in the Holy Land in a tale of chivalry and disguise. Scott's Crusades adventure.
Books mentioned in The Talisman (2)
Paradise Regained by John Milton: “They, too, retired To the wilderness, but 'twas with arms. PARADISE REGAINED.”
Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare: “And now I will unclasp a secret book, And, to your quick-conceiving discontent, I'll read you matter deep and dangerous. HENRY IV., PART I.”
Books that mention The Talisman (1)
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams: “…were passed in summer lying on a musty heap of Congressional Documents in the old farmhouse at Quincy, reading "Quentin Durward," "Ivanhoe," and "The Talisman," and raiding the garden at intervals for peaches and pears.”