The Dynasts Vol 1 Of 3

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330630525
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Dynasts, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Thomas Hardy and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dynasts, Vol. 1 of 3: An Epic-Drama of the War With Napoleon, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts,& One Thirty Hundred the Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years The Spectacle here presented in the likeness of a Drama is concerned with the Great Historical Calamity, or Clash of Peoples, artificially brought about some hundred years ago. The choice of such a subject was mainly due to three accidents of locality. It chanced that the writer was familiar with a part of England that lay within hail of the watering-place in which King George the Third had his favourite summer residence during the war with the first Napoleon, and where he was visited by ministers and others who bore the weight of English affairs on their more or less competent shoulders at that stressful time. Secondly, this district, being also near the coast which had echoed with rumours of invasion in their intensest form while the descent threatened, was formerly animated by memories and traditions of the desperate military preparations for that contingency. Thirdly, the same countryside happened to include the village which was the birthplace of Nelsons flag-captain at Trafalgar. When, as the first published result of these accidents. The Trumpet-Major was printed, more than twenty years ago, I found myself in the tantalizing position of having touched the fringe of a vast international tragedy without being able, through limits of plan, knowledge, and opportunity, to enter further into its events; a restriction that prevailed for many years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."