Parsifal: A NovelIn this glittering, kaleidoscopic new novel Peter Vansittart recreated and projects in his own inimitable style the familiar story from Wagner’s opera in historical perspective. |
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Page 82
... Monseigneur had composed verses honouring those May children , slaughtered by Arthur , the Bear Chief . Like Perceval , Cundré was much travelled , though the more communicative of the two . She soon entertained us with tales of a dark ...
... Monseigneur had composed verses honouring those May children , slaughtered by Arthur , the Bear Chief . Like Perceval , Cundré was much travelled , though the more communicative of the two . She soon entertained us with tales of a dark ...
Page 98
... Monseigneur admitted , was in pleasant mood when he planted a soul in Perceval . Holding a reception for him , Monseigneur , emulating his imperial rival , honoured us by briefly appearing on stilts , though with scant poise , in an ...
... Monseigneur admitted , was in pleasant mood when he planted a soul in Perceval . Holding a reception for him , Monseigneur , emulating his imperial rival , honoured us by briefly appearing on stilts , though with scant poise , in an ...
Page 162
... Monseigneur was particularly uneasy , partly because his notions of combat , condemned as frivolous , actually acknowledged his distaste for it , partly because a Milanese soothsayer had predicted that he would die beneath the morning ...
... Monseigneur was particularly uneasy , partly because his notions of combat , condemned as frivolous , actually acknowledged his distaste for it , partly because a Milanese soothsayer had predicted that he would die beneath the morning ...
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amongst Archbishop bards Bear Chief beauty beneath birds Black Brothers blood blue boar Cathars cauldron Clinschur cloak clouds colour Cundré Dagda dark dead death Deliverer despite dreams Duke Duke's dwarf earth Emperor epicene eyes face fear felt flowers Gawain girl gleaming gold golden Grail green grin Gundrygia Gwalchmai hair hand Hawk head heard honour horse hound House of Mystery Jesus Jews knew Kremitz Kundry ladies laugh leaves light listened looked lord lovers magic Medb Merlin Monseigneur moon mouth naked natal chart never night Nodens numbers once painted Palace Parsifal Perceval Perceval's Peredur perhaps piebald poet Queen remembered rose secret seemed shadows silver smile sometimes song soul spear Spider King spirit spoke stag stars stone stood Summer Princess sunlight sword Teutates thought told tower trees Venetian voice wall wine women words wounded youth Zebban