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Flower O' the Lily: A Romance of Old Cambray
Set against the backdrop of a war-torn Netherlands in the late 16th century, the narrative follows Messire Gilles de Crohin, a gallant knight entangled in a conflict defined by personal valor and national loyalty amidst the chaos of battle.
"Flower o' the Lily: A Romance of Old Cambray" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a historical novel. Set against the backdrop of a war-torn Netherlands in the late 16th century, the narrative follows Messire Gilles de Crohin, a gallant knight entangled in a conflict defined by personal valor and national loyalty amidst the chaos of battle.
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When Gilles de Crohin, Sire de Froidmont, received that sabre-cut upon his wrist—a cut, by the way, which had been dealt with such efficacy that it very nearly severed his left hand from his arm—he swore, so I understand, both lustily and comprehensively. I have not a faithful record of what he did say, but from what I know of Messire, I can indeed affirm that his language on the occasion was as potent as it was direct and to the point.
As for the weapon which had dealt that same forceful stroke, its triumph was short-lived. Within the next few seconds its unconscious career upon this earth was brought to a sudden and ignominious close: it was broken into three separate pieces by a blow more vigorous than even Messire Gilles himself had ever been known to deal. The hilt went flying sky-high above the heads of the nearest combatants; part of the blade was ground into the mud under the heel of Messire's stout leather boot, whilst the point itself—together with a few more inches of cold steel—was buried in the breast of that abominable spadassin who had thought to lay so stalwart an enemy low.
Contents
- 01Chapter I How Messire Gilles De Crohin Went for an Excursion Into the Land of Dreams
- 02Chapter II How a Noble Prince Practised the Gentle Art of Procrastination
- 03Chapter III How a Clever Woman Outwitted an Obstinate Man
- 04Chapter IV How Monsieur Kept His Word
- 05Chapter V What Marguerite of Navarre Did When She Heard the News
- 06Chapter VI What Monseigneur D'inchy and Messire Gilles De Crohin Mutually Thought of One Another
- 07Chapter VII Why Madame Jacqueline Was So Late in Getting to Bed
- 08Chapter VIII What Became of the Lilies
- 09Chapter IX How Messire Gilles Was Reminded of a Dream
- 10Chapter X How the Quarrel Began
- 11Chapter XI and How It Ended
- 12Chapter XII How Two Letters Came to Be Written
- 13Chapter XIII How Madame Jacqueline Was Gravely Puzzled
- 14Chapter XIV Which Treats of the Discomfiture of M. De Landas
- 15Chapter XV How M. De Landas Practised the Gentle Art of Treachery
- 16Chapter XVI What News Maître Jehan Brought Back with Him
- 17Chapter XVII How Messire De Landas' Treachery Bore Fruit
- 18Chapter XVIII How a Second Awakening May Be More Bitter Than the First
- 19Chapter XIX What Jacqueline Was Forced to Hear
- 20Chapter XX How More Than One Plot Was Hatched
- 21Chapter XXI How Some of These Succeeded
- 22Chapter XXII While Others Failed
- 23Chapter XXIII While Traitors Are at Work
- 24Chapter XXIV the Defence of Cambray
- 25Chapter XXV How Cambray Starved and Endured
- 26Chapter XXVI What Value a Valois Prince Set Upon His Word
- 27Chapter XXVII and This Is the End of My Story
About this edition
- Author
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 511 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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