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The White Lady of Hazelwood: A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
On the crowded canvas of the fourteenth century stands out as one of its most prominent figures that of the warrior Countess of Montfort. No reader of Froissarts Chronicle can forget the siege of Hennebon, and the valiant part she played in the defence of her sons dominions. Actuated by more personal motives than the peasant maid, she was nevertheless the Joan of Arc of her day, and of Bretagne. After the restoration of her son, we see no more of that brave and tender mother. She drops into oblivion. Her work was done. Those who have thought again of her at all have accepted without question the only extant answerthe poor response of a contemporary romance, according to which she dwelt in peace, and closed an honoured and cherished life in a castle in the duchy of her loving and grateful son. It has been reserved for the present day to find the true replyto draw back the veil from the bitter close of all, and to show that the hardest part of her work began when she laid down her sword, and the ending years of her life were the saddest and weariest portion. Never since the days of Lear has such a tale been told of a parents sacrifice and of a childs ingratitude. In the royal home of the Duke of Bretagne, there was no room for her but for whose love and care he would have been a homeless fugitive. The discarded mother was imprisoned in a foreign land, and left to die. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 23623
Author: Holt, Emily Sarah
Release Date: Nov 25, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English
Illustrator: Rainey, W. (William), 1852-1936
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