| In Kings' Byways Special Edition Contributor(s): Weyman, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417914904 ISBN-13: 9781417914906 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: 1902. The classic age of the swashbuckler might well be said to have begun with Weyman, who was ordained the greatest of the yellow '90s swashbuckling romancers. In Kings' Byways is a scarce collection of a dozen short stories of old France, the majority set around the year 1600 chronicling the struggles of the League and the Huguenots, Cardinal Mazarin, the Duke of Guise, Henry of Navarre and other historical figures. The book is divided into three sections. Part I. contains seven tales: Flore; Crillion's Stake; For the Cause; The King's Strategem; The House on the Wall; Hunt the Owler; and The Two Pages. Part II. includes: The Diary of a Statesman with three related episodes; Episode of the Fowl in the Pot; Episode of the Boxwood Fire; and Episode of the Snowfall. Part III., called King Terror set in the late 1700s, has two tales: A Daughter of the Gironde and In the Name of the Law. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
