| + + − | Technical Literature. 2: 457. N. ’07. 930w. |
Crockett, Samuel Rutherford. White plume. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34687.
Once more the horrors of the massacre of St. Bartholomew lie fresh upon the pages of a historial romance in which figure Henry of Navarre, the easy going Marguerite of Valois, the odious Queen-mother, the Duke of Guise, Philip of Spain, etc. “The story proper begins with the day of the barricades, where Francis Agnew, an agent entrusted with high matters by the kings of Scotland and Navarre, is also left dead. His daughter is aided in her extremity by a certain professor of the Sorbonne and a gallant young student, John d’Albret, who became the main actors in a love story, which runs parallel—if such a term may be used of a tortuous history—with the events of the wars of religion and the political activities and cruelties of Spanish inquisitors and statesmen.” (Ath.)
“With certain deductions which seem inevitable in respect of style ... Mr. Crockett has handled a theme of much complexity with vivacity and skill; and the characterization is in his best form.”
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“Mr. Crockett has put his historical facts (duly supplemented by sentimental inventions) to skilful use, and made the old story quite readable again.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 144. Mr. 1, ’07. 160w. |
“The book reminds us of the elder Dumas, partly because the author has chosen similar situations in French history upon which to found his story and partly because he has the old charm for spinning a tale full of intrigue and wild adventures.”