num_pages: 574
description: This novel exemplifies historical fiction at its best; the author's meticulous research and polished style bring the medieval world into vibrant focus. Set during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), the narrative creates believable human beings from the great roll of historical figures. Here are the mad Charles VI, the brilliant Louis d'Orleans, Joan of Arc, Henry V, and, most importantly, Charles d'Orleans, whose loyalty to France brought him decades of captivity in England. A natural poet and scholar, his birth and rank thrust him into the center of intrigue and strife, and through his observant eyes readers enter fully into his colorful, dangerous times. First published in the Netherlands in 1949, this book has never been out of print there and has been reprinted 15 times.
language: Dutch; Flemish
title: In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
titlecomplete: In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
characters: Jean the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, Isabelle de Valois, Louis de Valois, Duke of Orleans, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Charles VI of France, Isabeau of Bavaria, Valentina Visconti, John, Duke of Berry, Charles d'Orléans
genres: France, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction, Novels, 20th Century, Historical, Dutch Literature, Medieval, Classics
ratings_count: 2333
places: Paris, Orléans
publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers