LONDON: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS. Paperback. Historical adventure novel set in the middle of the 14th Century, during the Hundred Years War. Slight wear on cover edges. Tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC76 . Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1994.

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From the book:Dame History is so austere a lady that if one, has been so ill-advised as to take a liberty with her, one should hasten to make amends by repentance and confession. Events have been transposed to the extent of some few months in this narrative in order to preserve the continuity and evenness of the story. I hope so small a divergence may seem a venial error after so many centuries. For the rest, it is as accurate as a good deal of research and hard work could make it. The matter of diction is always a question of taste and discretion in a historical reproduction. In the year 1350 the upper classes still spoke Norman-French, though they were just beginning to condescend to English. The lower classes spoke the English of the original Piers Plowman text, which would be considerably more obscure than their superiors' French if the two were now reproduced or imitated. The most which the chronicles can do is to catch the cadence and style of their talk, and to infuse here and there such a dash of the archaic as may indicate their fashion of speech.

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Bookseller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006089
Title: Sir Nigel(Wordsworth Classics)
Author: SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
ISBN 10: 1853262293
ISBN 13: 9781853262296
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS
Place of Publication: LONDON
Date Published: 1994
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Novel;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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