A. R. Hope Moncrieff (1846–1927)
Autor(a) de Classic Myth and Legend
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Kew gardens 6 exemplares
European History: Great Leaders and landmarks: Vol 1 Early Times to Rise of Mohammedanism 4 exemplares
Isle of Wight 3 exemplares
Black's Guide to Cornwall 3 exemplares
Stories of Old Renown 3 exemplares
The world of to-day,: A survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce; (1905) 2 exemplares
Black's Guide to Devonshire, 19th Edition 2 exemplares
Essex 2 exemplares
The men of the backwoods, true stories and sketches of the Indians and the Indian fighters 2 exemplares
The Sioux rebellion in Minnesota (an emigrant boy's story) ; with a vocabulary including definitions and notes on… (1979) 1 exemplar
DUMPS AND OTHER STORIES 1 exemplar
Black's Guide to Surrey 1 exemplar
The Daughter Of The Regiment 1 exemplar
Sandy's Secret 1 exemplar
The volcano and its wonders 1 exemplar
[Works] 1 exemplar
Stories of School Life 1 exemplar
The Truant From School by Ascott R. Hope 1 exemplar
Dick's Dog 1 exemplar
European History. Great Leaders and Landmarks from Early to Modern Times. Six Volume Set (1914) 1 exemplar
The World of Today: Volume 1 1 exemplar
Black's guide to the Wye 1 exemplar
a Book About Schools 1 exemplar
THE WORLD OF TODAY. Volume 5 1 exemplar
Black's guide to the Trossachs, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, etc (Black's guide books) (1903) 1 exemplar
A Book About Authors (A & C Black) 1 exemplar
SCENES FROM OUR CENTURY: SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF STANDARD HISTORIANS AND OTHER WRITERS 1 exemplar
Dorsetshire 1 exemplar
The schoolboy hero,: Or, Arthur Fortescue 1 exemplar
Sir Lanval 1 exemplar
A book about boys 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Moncrieff, Ascott Robert Hope
- Data de nascimento
- 1846-02-26
- Data de falecimento
- 1927-08-10
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- Scotland, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Middlesex, England, UK
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 52
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 810
- Popularidade
- #31,510
- Avaliação
- 3.3
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 42
- Línguas
- 4
These are retellings, not the original matter, but "flavoured" with lots of old-timey language. I think I'd rather read the originals if I'm going to have to deal with that, but I suppose it lends a touch of authenticity.
The stories themselves are fairly standard, we have Arthurian tales and tales of Charlemagne. We even have the death of Roland summarised into a dozen pages of prose for me to compare to the original. Nice to see his meeting with Oliver.
My main takeaway was really was that these "heroic" knights really were self-absorbed. One of our heroes promises to meet his lady-love on a specific date, totally ghosts her, and when she sends him an angry message goes completely mad with grief and runs off into the woods to live like an animal. I guess we're supposed to be impressed by his depth of feeling, but if his lady's love was so important to him, why didn't he mark it on his calendar, huh? It reminds me of a certain sort of manipulation where someone who hurt you will go completely overboard with the self-flagellation when called out on it until you're forced to comfort them over the harm they caused you.
And yeah, that's exactly how it ends up with his lady-love! How could she have the audacity to be cross at him for blowing off the one thing she asked of him?
At least I know that behaviour comes from a long tradition I guess!… (mais)