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Chivalry
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Overview
Intentionally layered in mystery and claims of authenticity, Chivalry purports to be a copy made by royal scribe Colard Mansion of the Dizain of Queens, a collection of chronicles, tales, and histories written by Messire Nicolas de Caen for the Princess Isabella of Portugal. In “The Story of the Sestina,” a traveling singer has a chance encounter with the Queen of England, who recognizes him as the esteemed Osmund Heleigh and requests of him a song. As he joins her on her journey through war-torn countryside, two things become clear—the pair have a secret history, and, as battle nears, Osmund will soon have to offer more than his songs in her service. As the collection’s title suggests, many of Cabell’s stories follow a similar theme: the relationship between men and women within a system regulated by honor, responsibility, and often blind loyalty. “The Story of the Tenson,” set in Spain in 1265, follows Ellinor of Castile’s efforts to escape her marriage in the pursuit of love. In “The Story of the Choices,” Queen Ysabeau of England eases her boredom by devising a series of trials for the knight Sir Gregory Darrell. Over the course of ten tales, tales of danger, romance, intrigue, and courage, James Branch Cabell’s Chivalry broadens the mystery of the medieval world while illuminating, and critiquing, our own.
Cabell’s work has long been described as escapist, his novels and stories derided as fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To read Chivalry, however, is to understand that the issues therein—the struggle for power, the unspoken distance between men and women—were vastly important not only at the time of its publication, but in our own, divisive world.
This edition of James Branch Cabell’s Chivalry is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781421820934 |
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Publisher: | 1st World Library |
Publication date: | 08/01/2006 |
Edition description: | REV |
Pages: | 216 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d) |
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Table of Contents
Precautional | 1 | |
The Prologue | 9 | |
I | The Story of the Sestina | 15 |
II | The Story of the Tenson | 45 |
III | The Story of the Rat-Trap | 73 |
IV | The Story of the Choices | 99 |
V | The Story of the Housewife | 127 |
VI | The Story of the Satraps | 159 |
VII | The Story of the Heritage | 185 |
VIII | The Story of the Scabbard | 195 |
IX | The Story of the Navarrese | 221 |
X | The Story of the Fox-Brush | 247 |
The Epilogue | 277 |