Parker, Gilbert, 1860-1932 / 2008-07-26 00:00:00

EBOOK VALMOND TO PONTIAC ***


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WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, Complete
The Story of a Lost Napoleon
By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION
In one sense this book stands by itself. It is like nothing else I have
written, and if one should seek to give it the name of a class, it might
be called an historical fantasy.
It followed The Trail of the Sword and preceded The Seats of the Mighty,
and appeared in the summer of 1895. The critics gave it a reception which
was extremely gratifying, because, as it seemed to me, they realised what
I was trying to do; and that is a great deal. One great journal said it
read as though it had been written at a sitting; another called it a tour
de force, and the grave Athenaeum lauded it in a key which was likely to
make me nervous, since it seemed to set a standard which I should find it
hard to preserve in the future. But in truth the newspaper was right
which said that the book read as though it was written at a sitting, and
that it was a tour de force. The facts are that the book was written,
printed, revised, and ready for press in five weeks.
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