Maugis, ye sorcerer: from ye ancient French: a wonderful tale from ye writings of ye mad savant of ye Maison Maugis in ye olde citie of Mouzon, France: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Maugis, ye sorcerer: from ye ancient French: a wonderful tale from ye writings of ye mad savant of ye Maison Maugis in ye olde citie of Mouzon, France is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Gilhooley, Lord (1850–1913).
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"Maugis, ye sorcerer : from ye ancient French : a wonderful tale from ye…." by Lord Gilhooley is a chivalric adventure novel written in the late 19th century. Framed as a found manuscript unearthed in the old city of Mouzon, it retells the Charlemagne-cycle legend of Maugis and the four sons of Aymon—combining battles, betrayal, and courtly love with “sorcery” rationalized as learned occult science. The tale follows the towering warrior-mage Maugis, his loyal brothers, the magnanimous yet wrathful Charlemagne, the treacherous Ganelon, and Yolande, whose secret bond with Maugis threads through the conflict. The opening of the novel sets a modern frame: a narrator in Mouzon meets a haunted hermit, Charles Voudran, who claims to have found and burned ancient manuscripts about Maugis, yet hands over his own synopsis under oath to publish it outside France; he argues Maugis’s wonders sprang from Eastern occult training, not demons. The narrative then shifts to Charlemagne’s court: after a war triumph, the emperor sends his son Lothaire to summon the defiant Duke d’Aigremont, who kills the prince, prompting war, a royal victory, and then an astonishing imperial pardon—later undercut by Ganelon’s treacherous slaying of d’Aigremont. At court, Maugis demands justice, is rebuked, and—goaded during a chess match—kills Prince Berthelot; he escapes through Yolande’s chamber, and with his brothers raises the rock-fast Château Montfort on the Meuse. Charlemagne besieges it; Maugis burns the royal camp, withstands months of pressure, foils a midnight betrayal, then evacuates under fire, fights a rearguard pursuit, and escapes across a flood before the emperor razes Montfort—the opening closing as the brothers confront their father’s forces demanding their surrender.
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- Title: Maugis, ye sorcerer: from ye ancient French: a wonderful tale from ye writings of ye mad savant of ye Maison Maugis in ye olde citie of Mouzon, France
- Author credits: Gilhooley, Lord (1850–1913)
- Catalogue language: English
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- Fantasy fiction
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- Category: Adventure
- Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
- Category: Novels
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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