Bussy d’Ambois (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Chapman
- First Published: 1607
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Paris
- Principal Characters: Bussy d’Ambois, Henry III, Monsieur, The Duke of Guise, The Count of Montsurry, Tamyra, A Friar
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: France or French people, Ghosts or apparitions, Paris, Adultery, Fate or fatalism, Sixteenth century, Soldiers, Renaissance, Nobility, Royal courts or courtiers
- Locales: Paris, France
The Story:
In Paris, Bussy d’Ambois was a soldier and gentleman too poor to gain favor at the court. He met Monsieur, brother of King Henry III, by appointment in a side street. Monsieur, chiding Bussy for his downcast countenance, reminded him that some of the greatest men in history had endured obscurity and exile before becoming renowned. Anxious to have ambitious and ruthless young men about him, Monsieur invited Bussy to be his man and to become a courtier. Later, Maffe, Monsieur’s steward, came to Bussy and, seeing the wretched state he was in, gave him only one...
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