The Fall (Camus novel)
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The Fall is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, The Fall consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-
Cover of the first edition
Amsterdam
Copy of the panel from the Ghent Altarpiece known as The Just Judges by Jef Van der Veken. The original was stolen in 1934 and never recovered.
Bertrand du Guesclin
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Bertrand du Guesclin, nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. Fro
The Fall (Camus novel)
…a concentration camp—"chiefly [as] a security measure", he assures himself (Camus 343). While interned, Clamence meets a comrade whom he compares to Du Guesclin and subsequently refers to by that name. Du Guesclin had fought in the Spanish Civil War, was captured by "the Catholic general", and now found himself…
Head detail of Bertrand du Guesclin's gisant (tomb effigy) in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in northern Paris, sculpted during the last quarter of the 14th century. The effigy was commissioned after du Guesclin's death by King Charles V of France
Guesclin at the Battle of Cocherel, by Charles-Philippe Larivière (1839)
Miniature of du Guesclin being made Constable of France by Charles V, in the 15th-century Chronique de Bertrand du Guesclin
Death of Bertrand du Guesclin, by Jean Fouquet