Stanley Weyman

In Kings' Byways

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Produktbeschreibung

In Kings' Byways is a historical fiction novel written by Stanley Weyman. The story takes place in the 17th century in France and follows the journey of a young man named Gaston de Luynes. Gaston is a member of the French nobility and has been living a life of luxury in Paris. However, when his father dies, Gaston is forced to leave the city and travel to his family's estate in the countryside.During his journey, Gaston becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to overthrow the French monarchy. He meets a group of rebels who are plotting to assassinate King Louis XIII and replace him with his brother Gaston, Duke of Orleans. Gaston is initially hesitant to join the rebels, but he soon becomes convinced that their cause is just.As Gaston becomes more involved in the conspiracy, he finds himself falling in love with a young woman named Marie de Vlaye. Marie is also a member of the rebellion and is fiercely dedicated to their cause. However, Gaston's loyalty to the rebels is tested when he discovers that Marie's father is a spy for the French government.In Kings' Byways is a thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and political intrigue. Weyman's vivid descriptions of 17th-century France bring the story to life and transport readers back in time to a world of duels, courtly manners, and dangerous political machinations.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.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. 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 their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781417914906
• ISBN-10: 1417914904
• Artikelnr.: 21030622

Autorenporträt

Stanley John Weyman (1855 - 1928) was an English writer of historical romance. His most popular works were written in 1890-1895 and set in late 16th and early 17th-century France. While very successful at the time, they are now largely forgotten. Weyman in his day was immensely popular and admired by Robert Louis Stevenson and Oscar Wilde. Works like The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas had established a market for popular historical fiction and it was a crowded field. Contemporary rivals included Baroness Orczy, A. E. W. Mason, John Buchan and Rafael Sabatini. The biographer Reginald Pound grouped Weyman with Arnold Bennett, Anthony Hope, Aldous Huxley, Dorothy L. Sayers and Somerset Maugham as Strand writers. He is now perhaps the least familiar of all these. His greatest success came before 1895 (Under the Red Robe, A Gentleman of France and The Red Cockade) and he stopped writing entirely between 1908 and 1919. His style and focus are more typical of Victorian writers. Weyman's strength lies in historical detail, often in less familiar areas. The Long Night is based on the Duke of Savoy's attempt to storm Geneva in December 1602, an event still celebrated annually in a festival called L'Escalade. Weyman received an award from the city for his research. The financial security of early success allowed him to choose subjects of personal interest. Some had less general appeal, such as the 1832 Reform Bill (treated in Chippinge), post-1815 industrialisation (Starvecrow Farm) or the 1825 financial crisis (Ovington's Bank, reprinted in 2012 and 2015 on the back of a similar crisis in 2008). Weyman called his own books "pleasant fables" and was aware of their modest literary value.