There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, Bien Entendu - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have...
There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the word...
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, Bien Entendu - round...
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About a hundred and thirty years ago, when the third George, whom our grandfathers knew in his blind dotage, was a young and sturdy bridegroom; when old Q., whom 1810 found peering from his balcony in Piccadilly, deaf, toothless, and a skeleton, was that gay and lively spark, the Earl of March; when bore and boreish were words of haut ton, unknown to the vulgar, and the price of a borough was 5,000l.; when gibbets still served for sign-posts, and railways were not and highwaymen were -- to be more exact, in the early spring of the year 1767, a traveling chariot-and-four drew up about five...
About a hundred and thirty years ago, when the third George, whom our grandfathers knew in his blind dotage, was a young and sturdy bridegroom; whe...
Stanley John Weyman (1855 -1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance." Most of his works were historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. Under the Red Robe is set in the time of Louis XIII. A dashing but cowardly gentleman is condemned to death for killing a man in a duel. Cardinal Richelieu offers M. de Berautt a reprieve if he carries out a dangerous mission to arrest a religious rebel hiding in southern France.
Stanley John Weyman (1855 -1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance." Most of his works were historical romances ...
Stanley John Weyman (1855 -1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance." Most of his works were historical romances set amidst the turmoil of 16th and 17th century France. His most famous works include: A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), The Castle Inn (1898) and The Long Night (1903). A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston De Bonne Sieur De Marsac depicts the values, social attitudes and ideals of the French society through the protagonist. He is a villain and at the same time a hero. He has fallen from the upper class and...
Stanley John Weyman (1855 -1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance." Most of his works were historical romances ...
This collection of works from master of the historical romance genre Stanley J. Weyman spans a diverse array of settings and situations, ranging from love set against the backdrop of London to an action-adventure story that transpires amidst the peaks of France. From his finely observed characters to his rollicking plots, Weyman is definitely at his best in these tales.
This collection of works from master of the historical romance genre Stanley J. Weyman spans a diverse array of settings and situations, ranging from ...
Stanley John Weyman (7 August 1855 - 10 April 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance Weyman (pronounced "why-man") was born at Ludlow, Shropshire. The second son of a solicitor, he was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He took his degree in modern history in 1877, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1881, joining the Oxford circuit. He practised as a barrister for eight years until, in 1889, he wrote his first novel entitled The House of the Wolf. This was followed over the following two decades by the novels which...
Stanley John Weyman (7 August 1855 - 10 April 1928) was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance Weyman (pronounced "why-ma...
