This novel coined the word "freelance." It's not The Fall of the House of U
This novel coined the word "freelance." It's not The Fall of the House of Usher, but a character in this novel struggles out of a coffin during his funeral; that character, Aethelstane, pledges himself to the "Black Sluggard." Another character in this novel hopes to fight on the behalf of an accused witch but is instead told to champion her accusers. That knight fights "the Disinherited One" before the Templars. Isaac of York gives money to the title character, who defends the Jewish Rebecca from Brian de Bois-Guilbert. For 10 points, name this Walter Scott novel in which Cedric the Saxon's son marries Lady Rowena with the help of Richard the Lionheart.
This novel coined the word "freelance." It's not The Fall of the House of Usher, but a character in this novel struggles out of a coffin during his funeral; that character, Aethelstane, pledges himself to the "Black Sluggard."
Ivanhoe