Under the Flag of France
BERTRAND DEFENDS THE JESTER
Under the Flag of France
A Tale of Bertrand du Guesclin
BY
DAVID KER
Author of “Among the Dark Mountains,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY STANLEY L. WOOD
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW DUBLIN BOMBAY
1908
TO
MY NIECES
MARGARET AND MARY KER
THIS TALE
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
PREFACE
I must plead guilty to having, for the purposesof the story, placed my hero’s castle (which unhappilyno longer exists) much nearer to Rennesthan it actually was; but the chief events of hislife are given here very much as I found them inthe old French chronicles.
DAVID KER.
CONTENTS
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | The Broken Bough | 1 |
| II. | Facing a Monster | 7 |
| III. | A Mysterious Message | 16 |
| IV. | Bertrand’s Dream | 29 |
| V. | A Timely Rescue | 37 |
| VI. | Mighty to strike | 51 |
| VII. | A Strange Tale | 67 |
| VIII. | Lance to Lance | 79 |
| IX. | Into the Dragon’s Jaws | 93 |
| X. | The Wages of Judas | 103 |
| XI. | A Midnight Battle | 110 |
| XII. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |