Count Robert of Paris

Count Robert of Paris

Author: Walter Scott, Sir

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1596054298

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Count Robert of Paris, condemned by Scott's printer as "altogether a failure," was later prepared for publication by his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, and his publisher Robert Cadell. What appeared was a bowdlerized, tamed and tidied version of what Scott had written and dictated. This edition, the first to have returned to the manuscript and to the many surviving proofs, realises Scott's original intentions. Scott's last full novel has many roughnesses, but it also challenges the susceptibilities of his readers more directly than any other and in that lay its fault in the eyes of the lesser men who condemned it.


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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris written by Walter Scott, Sir and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Count Robert of Paris, condemned by Scott's printer as "altogether a failure," was later prepared for publication by his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, and his publisher Robert Cadell. What appeared was a bowdlerized, tamed and tidied version of what Scott had written and dictated. This edition, the first to have returned to the manuscript and to the many surviving proofs, realises Scott's original intentions. Scott's last full novel has many roughnesses, but it also challenges the susceptibilities of his readers more directly than any other and in that lay its fault in the eyes of the lesser men who condemned it.

Count Robert of Paris

Count Robert of Paris

Author: Walter Scott

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Published: 1879

Total Pages: 596

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"Count Robert is set during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus (1081-1118) and focuses on the arrival of the first Crusaders in 1096. 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 enamoured 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"--Http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk


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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Count Robert is set during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus (1081-1118) and focuses on the arrival of the first Crusaders in 1096. 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 enamoured 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"--Http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk

Count Robert of Paris

Count Robert of Paris

Author: Sir Walter Scott

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 426

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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Count Robert of Paris

Count Robert of Paris

Author: Sir Walter Scott

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-12-16

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781522777724

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Count Robert of Paris (1832) was the second-last novel by Walter Scott. It is part of Tales of My Landlord, 4th series. Set in Constantinople at the time of the First Crusade, Count Robert of Paris portrays the impact of Western medieval values and attitudes on the sophisticated Romano-Greek classical society of the Byzantine Empire. The two main characters are Count Robert, a Frankish knight, and Hereward, an Anglo-Saxon refugee from the Norman conquest of England, serving as a mercenary soldier in the Varangian Guard of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Count Robert was an actual but minor historical figure who disrupted negotiations between the Crusader leaders and the Emperor by occupying the latter's throne when it was temporarily vacated.


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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris written by Sir Walter Scott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Count Robert of Paris (1832) was the second-last novel by Walter Scott. It is part of Tales of My Landlord, 4th series. Set in Constantinople at the time of the First Crusade, Count Robert of Paris portrays the impact of Western medieval values and attitudes on the sophisticated Romano-Greek classical society of the Byzantine Empire. The two main characters are Count Robert, a Frankish knight, and Hereward, an Anglo-Saxon refugee from the Norman conquest of England, serving as a mercenary soldier in the Varangian Guard of the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Count Robert was an actual but minor historical figure who disrupted negotiations between the Crusader leaders and the Emperor by occupying the latter's throne when it was temporarily vacated.

Count Robert of Paris: Count Robert of Paris

Count Robert of Paris: Count Robert of Paris

Author: Walter Scott

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Published: 1894

Total Pages: 446

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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris: Count Robert of Paris written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Count Robert of Paris, I

Count Robert of Paris, I

Author: Walter Scott

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Published: 1879

Total Pages: 454

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Download or read book Count Robert of Paris, I written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

Author: Sir Walter Scott

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Published: 1894

Total Pages: 444

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Download or read book The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

Author: Walter Scott

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Published: 1833

Total Pages: 508

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Download or read book Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris

Author: Walter Scott

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Published: 1876

Total Pages: 392

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Download or read book Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris. Castle dangerous

The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris. Castle dangerous

Author: Sir Walter Scott

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Published: 1894

Total Pages: 536

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Download or read book The Waverley Novels: Count Robert of Paris. Castle dangerous written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: