TY - BOOK AU - Scott,Walter TI - Qventin Durward AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - France -- History -- Louis XI, 1461-1483 -- Fiction KW - Louis XI, King of France, 1423-1483 -- Fiction KW - Charles, Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 -- Fiction KW - Scots -- France -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Durward Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Durward; Release date is 2004-11-08; Produced by Matti Järvinen and Distributed Proofreaders Europe; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Qventin Durward" by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in 1823. Set during the conflict between French King Louis XI and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, the story captures a pivotal moment in European history. The novel explores the decline of medieval chivalric ideals and the rise of centralized state power. Scott dramatizes the clash between Charles's feudal heroism and warrior values against Louis's cunning political realism, portraying a world where ancient codes of honor give way to modern statecraft and calculated self-interest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13975 ER -