Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1823, detailing the adventures of a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI. Scott primarily based the novel on Philippe de Commines' Mémoires, adapting historical facts for his narrative.
Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1823, detailing the adventures of a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI. Scott primarily based the novel on Philippe de Commines' Mémoires, adapting historical facts for his narrative.
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| Back | Quentin Durward is a historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1823. The story concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI (1423–1483). This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2016) Quick facts: Author, Country … Composition and sources Quentin Durward was composed in a remarkably short space of time. After carrying out some preparatory research towards the end of 1822 Scott began writing in January 1823 and supplied the finishing sentences in response to a request from his coadjutor James Ballantyne on 3 May. Scott's principal source was the Mémoires of Philippe de Commines. As usual he adapts historical facts freely in the construction of his fiction, though he generally follows Comines' balanced approach to the character of Louis XI. He was able to make substantial use of other documents and the editorial commentary in the collection in which Comines was included, the first series of the Collection complete des mémoires relatifs a l'histoire de France by [Claude Bernard] Petitot (1819‒26). Occasional details are drawn from a wide range of historians, most of whom were more hostile to Louis. It is likely that some details for Scott's descriptions of northern France were derived from manuscript material deriving from continental journeys by his friend James Skene of Rubislaw. For his gipsy material Scott relied largely on two works: 'Dissertation on the Gipseys ... from the German of H. M. G. Grellmann (1807), and A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, and Present State of the Gypsies by John Hoyland (1816). |
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