Count Robert of Paris by Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well-read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. Count Robert is set during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus and focuses on the arrival of the first Crusaders. During the oath-taking ...
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Count Robert of Paris by Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well-read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. Count Robert is set during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus and focuses on the arrival of the first Crusaders. During the oath-taking ceremony on the eve of the Crusade, the haughty Count Robert insults the Emperor by seating himself on the imperial throne. Also offended is Robert's friend Hereward, a Saxon member of the Varangian guard, exiled from England after the Norman Conquest. When the Crusaders leave Byzance for Asia, Robert is drugged and detained as captive. His Amazonian wife, Brenhilda is held separately and persecuted by the enamored Nicephorus Briennus, the emperor's son-in-law. Brenhilda challenges Nicephorus to combat, promising to give herself to him if defeated. In the meantime, Robert is freed by Hereward, and presents himself at the duel in his wife's stead. Nicephorus, though, does not appear as he has been arrested following the discovery of a plot to usurp Alexius. Still keen to avenge Robert's affront to the Emperor, Hereward takes his place. Robert defeats him but spares his life in gratitude for his earlier help. Hereward follows Robert to Palestine as a vassal, after discovering that his lost Saxon love Bertha is Brenhilda's waiting-woman. Through Robert's influence, a portion of Hereward's English property is restored to him. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Very Good + The publication date and edition are not listed: we estimate a ca. 1880 publication date. Hardcover, terra-cotta red cloth with beveled boards, with Scott's silhouette, gilt, to the front cover, and the title, gilt, to the spine. The illustrations throughout the text are steel engravings. Condition is Very Good+, with light shelf wear, and lightly bumped corners. Pages: 286.
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Good+ Red boards, edge wear, rubbing along spine, minor scuffing cover, faded gilt lettering on spine, front hinge cracked, inscribed ffep, binding good, pages clean; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 466 pages.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in green cloth. Waverley Novels no.24. 'Tales of my Landlord' 4th & last series. Dark green cloth with gilt on spine; frontis with tissue overlay. End papers a little browned; spine a little worn.
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Good+; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1894 Estes and Lauriat. Two volumes in one. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Spine label wrinkled at edges and missing a small piece from the bottom right corner. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Separate pagination for the two books comprising this volume: 370 + 226 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label has "Waverley Novels" at head of title. See our listings for other volumes in this set. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Limited Edition.
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Strangely enough, Count Robert does not appear in this novel until a third of the way through. Not that the adventures of Hereward the Anglo-Saxon barbarian aren't interesting, there is plenty of intrigue afoot. But the novel ultimately disappoints when the anticipated tournament between the prince and the lady knight is cancelled. We're left with a story of chivalry without the payoff.
