From the rear cover
An example of pre-professional history, the Tales of a Grandfather chronicles the French royalty's dynastic concerns and principal military-political engagements with foreign powers from 1412 to 1512. Scott's narrative opens with Henry V's preparations for war with France and an account of the persisting rivalry between the houses of Orleans and of Burgundy. Of particular interest is Scott's description of the murder of John the Fearless at Montereau in 1419 and his tracing of that event's disastrous effects through the fifteenth century. Scott drew on standard sources, but the interpretation of the material and the historical vision are his own. Modern readers will be especially engaged by his interpretation of the character of Joan of Arc. Readers will also be interested to compare Scott's treatment of history and its leading figures with his novels set in the same period and country, namely, Quentin Durward and Anne of Geierstein.
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- Title Tales of a Grandfather
- Author Walter Scott
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 285
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Northern Illinois University Press, De Kalb, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-08-01
- ISBN 9780875802084 / 0875802087
- Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.43 x 1.03 in (23.70 x 16.33 x 2.62 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects France - History, France - Kings and rulers - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047959
- Dewey Decimal Code 944
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