Karl is brave. Scott Walter

The novel of the famous master of the historical and adventure genre, the classic of English and world literature Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) tells about the “Last Knight of the European Court” by Karle Smely, the Duke of Burgundy, an unbridled pride, the opponent of the absolute monarchy, and his splashed enemy-his sworn enemy. The French king of Louis XI.

The father and son of Count Oxford, traveling through Switzerland incognito under the name Philipson with a secret mission.

Their journey is full of dangers and glorious feats. Knight's tournaments, Masonic conspiracies, imprisonment in the death tower are only a small part of the adventures accompanying them with wanderings in a mysterious mountainous country. But the main prize for a young Englishman will be the love of an unpredictable Swiss girl - Anna Heyershtein, nicknamed Virgin Darkness...

The publication reproduces a full set of 152 illustrations by M. Danka.