The Court Jester
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Le Glorieux can turn a handspring more readily than he can endure another story from the old Duchess of Burgundy. Once the jester of Charles the Bold, he now spends his days listening to the duke's widowed mother. News that Lady Clotilde will visit her cousin, Anne of Brittany, brings welcome bustle to the castle and gives the restless fool something fresh to watch.
Written for young readers and set in fifteenth-century France, Cornelia Baker's historical novel approaches court life through jokes, sharp replies and the curiosity of its jester. Smiling servants and a guarded secret leave Le Glorieux wondering what everyone knows. His exchanges with the duchess, and the household's quarrels over its own importance, give the narrative an informal, comic voice.
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- Author
- Cornelia Baker
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 155
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online