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Chivalry (Abridged, Hardcover, Abridged edition)
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Chivalry (Abridged, Hardcover, Abridged edition)
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Loot Price R596
Discovery Miles 5 960
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Imprimis, as concerns the authenticity of these tales perhaps the
less debate may be the higher wisdom, if only because this Nicolas
de Caen, by common report, was never a Gradgrindian. And in this
volume in particular, writing it (as Nicolas is supposed to have
done) in 1470, as a dependant on the Duke of Burgundy, it were but
human nature should he, in dealing with the putative descendants of
Dom Manuel and Alianora of Provence, be niggardly in his ascription
of praiseworthy traits to any member of the house of Lancaster or
of Valois. Rather must one in common reason accept old Nicolas as
confessedly a partisan writer, who upon occasion will recolor an
event with such nuances as will be least inconvenient to a Yorkist
and Burgundian bias. The reteller of these stories needs in
addition to plead guilty of having abridged the tales with a free
hand. Item, these tales have been a trifle pulled about, most
notably in "The Story of the Satraps," where it seemed
advantageous, on reflection, to put into Gloucester's mouth a
history which in the original version was related ab ovo, and as a
sort of bungling prologue to the story proper.
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