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Quentin Durward, an archer and mercenary, gains the favor of Louis XI of France and the love of the beautiful Burgundian heiress, Isabelle de Croye. This is a captivating tale full of action, adventure and unexpected challenge. A poor Scotsman named Quentin Durward... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward is an archer who has left behind poverty in Scotland to join the Archers of the French King Louis's Scottish Guard and finds him-self involved in the medieval rivalry between Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The conflict starts when Louis... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward (1823), Scott's first "European" novel, was an experiment in transferring the historical romance to foreign soil. Fifteenth-century France, the French Revolution, and contemporary Britain all come together in this sharp-eyed novel of political expediency and intrigue... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward is Sir Walter Scott's historical novel depicting the fierce rivalries among monarchs in the late Middle Ages. Our protagonist amid the power plays is the titular Quentin Durward. Falling into the service of Louis XI as a Garde cossaise (Scottish Guard) owing... Read Full Overview

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Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1823. The story concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI. The plot centers on the rivalry between Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Travel back to medieval France with Sir Walter Scott's classic novel, Quentin Durward. Follow the adventures of young Quentin as he battles knights, rescues damsels in distress, and navigates the treacherous politics of the French court. With richly drawn characters and vivid... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward, an archer and mercenary, gains the favor of Louis XI of France and the love of the beautiful Burgundian heiress, Isabelle de Croye. This is a captivating tale full of action, adventure and unexpected challenge. A poor Scotsman named Quentin Durward... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Find Out What Scott Really WroteGoing back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production. Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward: adaptation et reduction a l'usage de la jeunesse: les conteurs etrangers / de Walter Scott; par A.-J. Hubert
Date de l'edition originale: 1888

Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres... Read Full Overview

Quentin Durward: adaptation et reduction a l'usage de la jeunesse: les conteurs etrangers / de Walter Scott; par A.-J. Hubert
Date de l'edition originale: 1888

Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres... Read Full Overview

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview