Summary
Maurice Barres: Garden on the Oronto
A story from the time of the Crusades; love between an Asian sultana and a French knight. Like a story from One Thousand and One Nights. The idealization of what once was and lives in the old ruins, always with fresh roses and fiery female eyes. Using scraps of erudition gleaned from ancient chroniclers, and breathing in the scent of yellowed korans, Barres resurrected the distant past of brave crusaders, the clang of glittering weapons, and the passionate sighs of Western knights, who perished for rosy lips. In addition, seven more novellas by Barres from "0 blood, sweetness and death" were added to the book: novellas, full of bright colors and musical words from old Spain and medieval Italy. Unfathomable loves and forgotten passions!
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