Frank Frankfort Moore

Broschiertes Buch

The White Causeway (1905)

Beschreibung

""The White Causeway"" is a historical novel written by Frank Frankfort Moore and published in 1905. The story is set in medieval England during the reign of King Henry II. The main character is a young knight named Richard de Clare who is sent on a mission to investigate a mysterious white causeway that has appeared in the middle of a forest. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he uncovers a plot to overthrow the king and must use all of his skills as a knight to protect the kingdom and its ruler. Along the way, he meets a beautiful and cunning young woman named Eleanor who becomes his ally in the fight against the rebels. The novel is full of action, adventure, and romance, and provides a vivid portrayal of life in medieval England. It is a thrilling tale of loyalty, betrayal, and heroism that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Frank Frankfort Moore (1855-1931) was an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a unionist and a Protestant from Belfast, yet his historical fiction during the Home Rule agitation did not shy away from themes of Irish-Catholic dispossession. Moore was born in Limerick but raised in Belfast, where he recalls seeing dragoons, sabres drawn, rushing sectarian riots in the street below his nursery window as his earliest recollection. Moore's father was a successful clockmaker and goldsmith, and the family was well-educated (French and German were both spoken). The elder Moore, however, as a member of the ultra-puritan Open Brethren group, wanted to limit his children's reading to religious and didactic publications. Michael Paget Baxter, the evangelist who recognized Emperor Napoleon III as the Beast in the Book of Revelation, was a frequent visitor. Moore attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, where he swiftly learned to reject his father's ideas. He remembered the spread of certain slanderous lyrics titled "Mr. Baxter and The Beast," which "proved" that Baxter himself was the Antichrist. Moore praised Irish scientist John Tyndall's statement of scientific materialism at a British Science Association conference in Belfast in 1874, mocking the angry reaction of local Presbyterian ministers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781437346633
• ISBN-10: 1437346634
• Artikelnr.: 25875223