Bibliograph

Cyrano, adventures in space and time with the legendary French hero, Ishbel Addyman

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Cyrano, adventures in space and time with the legendary French hero, Ishbel Addyman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cyrano

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

175284142

Responsibility statement

Ishbel Addyman

Sub title

adventures in space and time with the legendary French hero

Summary

The first full biography of the extraordinary and largely-unknown figure behind the legend of Rostand's famous play. Today, Cyrano de Bergerac is generally only remembered as a lovelorn eccentric with a big nose. Edmund Rostand's famous play inspired by the life of Cyrano is a worldwide box-office smash but the man behind the legend is more or less forgotten. The real Cyrano was sharper, funnier and, ironically, more modern than the romantic hero he inspired. A death-defying soldier-poet in the age of the musketeers, Cyrano's duelling skills were unparalleled, and his wit was every bit as keen as his sword's edge

Table Of Contents

A grain of truth -- The time of games -- A dangerous tendency -- The temptation of heroism -- A demon of bravery -- Make love not war -- The itch for glory -- Far from having lost my heart -- Paternoster of the wolf -- A madman named Cyrano -- I fell from the moon -- The secret illness -- A profane brotherhood -- 'What the devil was he doing in that galley?' -- An ambush vile -- Towards the sky

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