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Bardelys the Magnificent: Being an Account of the Strange Wooing Pursued by the Sieur Marcel De St. Pol, Marquis of Bardelys, and of the Things That in the Course of it Befell Him in Languedoc in the Year of the Rebellion
by Sabatini, Rafael
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About This Item
The Riverside Press And Houghton & Mifflin, Boston, 1924. 1924 Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 286 pages; Description: 286 p. 20 cm. Subject: Fiction in English-- (1900-) --Texts. Notes: Originally published: London : Eveleigh Nash, 1906.
Synopsis
THE WAGER Speak of the Devil," whispered La Fosse in my ear, and, moved by the words and by the significance of his glance, I turned in my chair. The door had opened, and under the lintel stood the thick-set figure of the Comte de Chatellerault. Before him a lacquey in my escutcheoned livery of red-and-gold was receiving, with back obsequiously bent, his hat and cloak. A sudden hush fell upon the assembly where a moment ago this very man had been the subject of our talk, and silenced were the wits that but an instant since had been making free with his name and turning the Languedoc courtship - from which he was newly returned with the shame of defeat - into a subject for heartless mockery and jest. Surprise was in the air for we had heard that Chatellerault was crushed by his ill-fortune in the lists of Cupid, and we had not looked to see him joining so soon a board at which - or so at least I boasted - mirth presided. And so for a little space the Count stood pausing on my threshold, whilst we craned our necks to contemplate him as though he had been an object for inquisitive inspection. Then a smothered laugh from the brainless La Fosse seemed to break the spell. I frowned. It was a climax of discourtesy whose impression I must at all costs efface.
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- Title
- Bardelys the Magnificent: Being an Account of the Strange Wooing Pursued by the Sieur Marcel De St. Pol, Marquis of Bardelys, and of the Things That in the Course of it Befell Him in Languedoc in the Year of the Rebellion
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
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- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1924 Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press And Houghton & Mifflin, Boston
- Date Published
- 1924
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