Project Gutenberg 2015-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 114 Ainsworth, William Harrison 1805 1882 Ainsworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ainsworth, W. H. (William Harrison) Ainsworth, Harrison Ainworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ticheburn, Cheviot The Constable De Bourbon Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "The Constable De Bourbon" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative unfolds in the context of 16th-century France, focusing on the titular character, Charles de Bourbon, the Constable of France, who navigates the tumultuous political and personal betrayals at the royal court. Themes of ambition, rivalry, and the quest for power resonate throughout the story, highlighting Bourbon's struggles with King François I and the Duchess d'Angoulême. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a grand cavalcade entering the Forest of Fontainebleau, heralding the arrival of Charles de Bourbon amidst a backdrop of royal and noble pageantry. As the opening unfolds, it meticulously details Bourbon’s illustrious yet contentious background, his noble stature, and the complicated relationships he maintains with the court, especially with the king and the duchess. Bourbon's discontent with his treatment at court, highlighted by past grievances and ambitions, sets the stage for a conflict that alludes to a potential rebellion against the king's authority, suggesting a menacing path forward filled with intrigue and dramatic confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bourbon, Charles, duc de, 1490-1527 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 871867 2024-09-20T15:36:29.532300 2023-09-21T11:56:11.954385 text/html text/html 912944 2021-02-21T10:09:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 1164901 2021-02-21T10:09:39 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 629540 2024-09-20T15:36:39.602248 application/epub+zip 646846 2024-09-20T15:36:30.958328 application/epub+zip 371359 2024-09-20T15:36:30.243315 application/epub+zip 907839 2024-09-20T15:36:46.708204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 835326 2024-09-20T15:36:38.822244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561422 2022-09-22T13:28:57.590801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722859 722782 2024-09-20T15:36:27.273301 2023-09-21T11:56:09.904333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 735353 2018-03-12T10:14:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 267605 2018-03-17T13:49:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 722403 2015-08-11T13:22:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 265967 2015-08-12T04:59:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20205 2024-09-20T15:36:46.850215 application/rdf+xml 30039 2024-09-20T15:36:30.378313 image/jpeg 4311 2024-09-20T15:36:30.310296 image/jpeg 1167736 2024-09-20T15:36:29.608309 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia