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Ty MIGHT HAVE SEEN ON THE 5tH OF MAY, 1555, AT ABOUT TWO OCLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. Let as at once transport, without further preface or preamble, those of our readers who do not fear to take a leap of three centuries across the past in our company, into the presence of men we would have them know, and into the midst of events we would have them witness. The time is the 6th of May, of the year 1556. Henri 11. is reigning over France; Mary Tudor over England; Charles V. over Spain, Germany, Flanders, I taly, and the two I ndies, that is to say, over a sixth part of the world. The scene opens in the neighbourhood of the little town of Hesdin-F ert, which Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Piedmont, has lately rebuilt, intending it to take the place of Hesdin-la-V ieux, captured by him last year, and razed to the ground. So you see we are travelling in that part of old France which was then called A rtois, and which is known to-day as the department of the Pas-de-C(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and My

Author

Alexandre Dumas

Publisher

P.F. Collier & Son

Published

1910

Language

EN