Quentin Durward

By:

Walter Scott

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels

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Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI in the fifteenth century. He knows little and understands less, but Scott represents his ignorance and naivete as useful to 'the most sagacious prince in Europe' who needs servants motivated solely by the desire for coin and credit and lacking any interest in France which would interfere with the execution of his political aims. In Quentin Durward Scott studies the first modern state in the process of destroying the European feudal system. By far the most important of Scott's sources for Quentin Durward is the splendid Memoirs of Philippe de Comines. Comines, who has more than a walk-on role in the novel itself, was trusted councillor of Charles the Bold of Burgundy until 1472, when Louis XI persuaded him to enter his service. Scott's contrasting portraits of Louis and Charles, crafty king and fiery duke, essentially derives from Comines, whose memoirs are generally regarded as the first example of modern analytical history rather than chronicle. But it is as story that Quentin Durward succeeds, and it is one of Scott's most absorbing tales.

Author Biography:

J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen. G A M Wood was formerly Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Stirling.

Release date Australia

April 10th, 2001

Author

Walter Scott

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited by G.A.M. Wood
Edited by J.H. Alexander

Illustrations

1 map

Pages

595

Series

Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels

Dimensions

138x216x23

ISBN-13

9780748605798

Product ID

2203714

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