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Historical Quentin Durward, Selected from the Memoirs of Philip de Comines, and Other Authors

Historical Quentin Durward, Selected from the Memoirs of Philip de Comines, and Other Authors

Philippe de Commines
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823. Excerpt: ... CHAPTERS XIII. And XIV. THE SALLY. We cannot feel justified in extracting so large a portion of ' Quentin Durward, ' as these chapters; in which, with his usual skill in blending history and romance, the author has mixed up the revenge of the Duke of Burgundy against the Liegeois, and the subserviency of Louis, with the private fortunes of Quentin Durward. But we cannot avoid publishing the whole narrative of Comines, by which the curious may compare the coincidence or the discrepancy of the various passages of the novelist and the historian. It is, perhaps, unnecessary for us once more to observe that William de la Marck was perfectly unconnected with these proceedings. We have run the extracts from Comines into a connected narrative. In the original they occupy four chapters: "After the conclusion of the peace, the king and the Duke of Burgundy set out the next morning for Cambray, and from thence towards the country at Liege: it was the beginning of winter, and the weather very bad. The king had with him only his Scotch guards and a small body of his standing forces, but he ordered three hundred of his men at arms to join him. The duke's army marched in two columns, one was commanded by the Marshal of Burgundy, and with him were all the Burgundians, the above-mentioned nobility of Savoy, and a great number of forces out of Hainault, Luxembourg, Namur, and Limburg. The other body was led by the duke himself. When they came near the city of Liege, a council of war was held in the duke's presence, in which it was the opinion of some of the officers, that part of the army should march back, since the gates and walls of that city were demolished the year before, and no hopes were left them of being relieved, for the king was w...
Language
English
Pages
70
Format
Paperback
Publisher
General Books
Release
February 01, 2012
ISBN
1151550159
ISBN 13
9781151550156

Historical Quentin Durward, Selected from the Memoirs of Philip de Comines, and Other Authors

Philippe de Commines
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823. Excerpt: ... CHAPTERS XIII. And XIV. THE SALLY. We cannot feel justified in extracting so large a portion of ' Quentin Durward, ' as these chapters; in which, with his usual skill in blending history and romance, the author has mixed up the revenge of the Duke of Burgundy against the Liegeois, and the subserviency of Louis, with the private fortunes of Quentin Durward. But we cannot avoid publishing the whole narrative of Comines, by which the curious may compare the coincidence or the discrepancy of the various passages of the novelist and the historian. It is, perhaps, unnecessary for us once more to observe that William de la Marck was perfectly unconnected with these proceedings. We have run the extracts from Comines into a connected narrative. In the original they occupy four chapters: "After the conclusion of the peace, the king and the Duke of Burgundy set out the next morning for Cambray, and from thence towards the country at Liege: it was the beginning of winter, and the weather very bad. The king had with him only his Scotch guards and a small body of his standing forces, but he ordered three hundred of his men at arms to join him. The duke's army marched in two columns, one was commanded by the Marshal of Burgundy, and with him were all the Burgundians, the above-mentioned nobility of Savoy, and a great number of forces out of Hainault, Luxembourg, Namur, and Limburg. The other body was led by the duke himself. When they came near the city of Liege, a council of war was held in the duke's presence, in which it was the opinion of some of the officers, that part of the army should march back, since the gates and walls of that city were demolished the year before, and no hopes were left them of being relieved, for the king was w...
Language
English
Pages
70
Format
Paperback
Publisher
General Books
Release
February 01, 2012
ISBN
1151550159
ISBN 13
9781151550156

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