Publication

2007-04-10 - Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Language

English

Word Count

98,000 words, Guess

Page Count

392 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9707562M
  • ISBN-139781432551483
  • ISBN-101432551485
  • Goodreads2591443

Description

Contains five pieces that might be called short stories: "Mountjoy," a first-person story that originally was to have been developed into a novel entitled "Rosalie"; "The Widow's Ordeal," a story of judicial combat gleaned from the annals of Spain; "The Grand Prior of Minorca," heard from a Knight of Malta who "loved to let his imagination carry him away"; "Guests from Gibbet Island," a legend of Communipaw found among the Knickerbocker papers at Wolfert's Roost; and "The Adalantado of the Seven Cities: A Legend of St. Brandan." Also of interest are two fanciful pieces which lack sufficient plot development to be called short stories: "Don Juan: A Spectral Research," about an amorous Spanish cavalier's encounter with his own funeral, and "Legend of the Engulphed Convent," about a convent miraculously swallowed up in the earth just as ravaging Moors broke down its gate -- Gale Lit Center.

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  • Chronicles Of Wolfert's Roost And Other PapersPaperbackKessinger Publishing, LLC2007-04-10
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