In Kings' Byways
- First published
- 1902
- Pages
- 238
About this book
Set in the France of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this collection gathers short stories of court intrigue, loyalty, and quiet peril from one of the late-Victorian era's most popular writers of historical romance. The book falls into three parts: a run of standalone tales including "Crillon's Stake" and "The King's Stratagem," a linked sequence titled "The Diary of a Statesman," and a closing group under "King Terror" that reaches forward into the years of the Revolution. Weyman works in period texture: palace corridors, back roads, and the small decisions on which a life or a cause can turn. Readers who enjoy Dumas or brisk historical adventure will find him an easy companion here, economical, evenly paced, and sure of his ground in French history.
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Book facts
- Author
- Stanley John Weyman
- First published
- 1902
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online