Falaise, the Town of the Conqueror (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Falaise, the Town of the ConquerorFrom the days when Romans made of Nor mandy a delightful Roman province to the reign of the Great Napoleon, there has been no century in which Falaise has not contributed a brilliant or important chapter to French history.Lying somewhat apart from the high-roads of tourist travel, this interesting and beautiful town is but little known.Fully to write its history would be to write the histories of Normandy and of France The present volume is an attempt merely to outline the town's earlier military importance, to trace its growth in commercial prosperity, and to describe the charm of its modern aspect.The treatment of The Story of Arlette, in fictional form, in Part II., was suggested by the models furnished us in the older chroniclers, whose versions of the loves of Robert and Arlette agree chie¿y in their preference for a fanciful rather than for the more conventional historical form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.