Ten linked stories, a dizain, follow lovers across the courts and roads of medieval France and England, each tale showing how passion bends against duty, ambition and the passing years. Cabell writes in a polished mock-chronicle style full of wit and melancholy, and H. L. Mencken’s introduction makes the case for an author the American press had long ignored.
An early, elegant taste of the Cabell manner that later scandalised and delighted the 1920s. Download the free EPUB.