The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6Gilbert Parker
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6
Gilbert Parker
Novel
Book language: English
71 pages
Volume six of Gilbert Parker's historical romance The Battle of the Strong. Set on Jersey, it follows island loyalties and private conflicts as official ceremonies and military recruitment stir the community. A tale of love, duty, and power among Jersey families and visiting notables.
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THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG
[A ROMANCE OF TWO KINGDOMS]
By Gilbert Parker
Volume 6.
CHAPTER XXXIX
The bell on the top of the Cohue Royale clattered like the tongue of a scolding fishwife. For it was the fourth of October, and the opening of the Assise d'Heritage.
This particular session of the Court was to proceed with unusual spirit and importance, for after the reading of the King's Proclamation, the Royal Court and the States were to present the formal welcome of the island to Admiral Prince Philip d'Avranche, Duc de Bercy; likewise to offer a bounty to all Jerseymen enlisting under him.
The island was en fete. There had not been such a year of sensations
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