The Constable of St. Nicholas - Softcover

Arnold, Edwing Lester

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154729356X ISBN 13: 9781547293568

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

At the time Edward IV was warring with James III and the island of Rhodes was at its peak under the guidance of the Knight of the Order of Saint John, Oswald de Montaigne held the position of Constable of the tower of St. Nicholas. Since his birth he witnessed brutality and grew on the battle field. In peace he was reckless and extravagant at war he was cruel and ruthless, yet he found himself able to love. A tragic a story of love and passion, at the time of the first siege of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire. This version includes the full text of the 1894 edition, a short biography of the author and the complete bibliography of Arnold’s fictional and non-fictional works.

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About the Author

Born Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (14 May 1857 – 1 March 1935) he was born in Swanscombe, Kent, as the son of Sir Edwin Arnold, a renowned orientalist, and journalist. Edwin Lester spent most of his childhood in India but returned to England to study agriculture and ornithology. He became a journalist (1883), and between 1877 and 1887 he published his first non-fiction books: A Holiday in Scandinavia (1877) and Bird Life in England (1887). His first novel The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician was initially serialized in the Illustrated London News and, later on, collected as a book in the U.S. and U. K. His following novels, Rutherford the Twice-born (1892), The Constable of Saint Nicholas (1894), The Story of Ulla and other Tales (1895), and Lepidus the Centurion: A Roman of Today (1901), mostly flopped commercially. Probably the late 19th Century readers did not appreciate Edwin Lester’s witty and ironic style. He made one last attempt at writing fiction with the today famous Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation (1905). The initial reception of the book was tepid and led Edwin Lester to stop writing until his dead in 1935.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154729356X
• ISBN 13: 9781547293568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272