Quentin Dorvard. Scott V.

Roman Quentin Dorvard, created on the basis of genuine memoirs of the French diplomat Philip de Commial and first published two hundred years ago, is not just one of the most famous historical novels in the world, but also one of the few historically reliable works in the genre of “cloak and swords. " Immediately after the publication in 1823, the novel was translated into all the main European languages ​​and became, in modern language, the world bestseller.

1468. A long -standing confrontation between Burgundy and France has reached its climax. At the head of Burgundy is the idol and the ideal of the knights of the whole of Europe, Karl Smeyny, on the throne of France, is the brilliant politician Louis XI.

, trying to weaken the enemy at all costs, an extremely illegible in the means of the French king secretly incites the “free cities” rebellious. merchant Flanders and provides a shelter of the pupil of Karl, who had fled from an unwanted political marriage - a noble Burgundy beauty Isabella de Crua, planning to use it in a subtle political intrigue. But a pure, naive-blessed and fearless young man suddenly interferes with the cynical palace game-the poor small Scottish nobleman Quentin Dorvard, who received the Scottish mercenaries to serve in the guard...