Quentin Durward (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1823
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1468
- Setting: France and Flanders
- Principal Characters: Quentin Durward, Ludovic Lesly, Isabelle, Lady Hameline, King Louis XI, Count Philip de Crèvecœur, Charles, William de la Marck, Hayraddin Maugrabin
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Kings, queens, or royalty, Castles, Fifteenth century, Scotland or Scottish people, Armies, Battles, Nobility
- Locales: France, Flanders
The Story:
When Quentin Durward, a young Scottish gentleman, approached the ford of a small river near the castle of Plessisles-Tours, in France, he found the river in flood. Two people watched him from the opposite bank. They were King Louis XI in his common disguise of Maître Pierre, a merchant, and Tristan l’Hermite, marshal of France. Quentin entered the flood and nearly drowned. Arriving on the other side and mistaking the king and his companion for a burgher and a butcher, he threatened the two with a drubbing because they had not warned him of the deep ford. Amused...
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