The Little Duke - Couverture souple

Yonge, Charlotte M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1599152061 ISBN 13 : 9781599152066

Editeur : Yesterday's Classics, 2007

Synopsis

An inspiring story of Richard the Fearless (943-996) who became Duke of Normandy at the age of 8. Relates the perils of his childhood, both at home in Normandy and during his captivity at the court of France, and how at long last he came to embrace the values his father espoused. Suitable for ages 9 and up.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output, now mostly out of print. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 160 works, chiefly novels. Her first commercial success, The Heir of Redclyffe (1853), provided the funding to enable the schooner Southern Cross to be put into service on behalf of George Selwyn. Similar charitable works were done with the profits from later novels. Yonge was also a founder and editor for forty years of The Monthly Packet, a magazine (founded in 1851) with a varied readership, but targeted at British Anglican girls (in later years it was addressed to a somewhat wider readership). Among the best known of her works are The Heir of Redclyffe, Heartsease, and The Daisy Chain. A Book of Golden Deeds is a collection of true stories of courage and self-sacrifice. She also wrote Cameos from English History, Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands and Hannah More. Her History of Christian Names was described as "the first serious attempt at tackling the subject" and as the standard work on names in the preface to the first edition of Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, 1944. Her personal example and influence on her god-daughter, Alice Mary Coleridge, played a formative role in Coleridge's zeal for women's education and thus, indirectly, led to the foundation of Abbots Bromley School for Girls. After her death, her friend, assistant and collaborator, Christabel Coleridge, published the biographical Charlotte Mary Yonge: her Life and Letters (1903).

Présentation de l'éditeur

The heroic tale of a young boy Richard, the great grandfather of William the Conqueror. After the assassination of his father, he became the duke of Normandy at the tender age of nine. The book, written with young readers in mind, has several gripping moments when he is taken to the French court by King Louis, his rescue by his loyal squire and return to Normandy. Fascinating!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yesterday's Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1599152061
• ISBN 13: 9781599152066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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