Jules Michelet
Published: 2016-10-05
Total Pages: 418
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Excerpt from History of France, Vol. 2 Our best arm against Great Britain is Britta ny. Our Breton sailors are the fitting opponents of the British; as firm, less cool, perhaps, but making up for this by their quickness in seizing the critical moment. The constable de Clisson, the king's man. And leader of the Breton oppo sition to the duke of Brittany, took up the expedition, and made it the business of his province. Clisson aimed high. He had just ransomed from the English the young count of Blois, the aspirant to the duchy of Brittany. Had married his daughter to him, and would have made him duke. Jean de Montfort, the reigning duke, detected Clisson's treason but was hindered by his barons from executing him! However, this petty accident broke up the English ex -dition for the second time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.