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Title: Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet

Author: Captain Marryat

Release Date: May 21, 2007 [EBook #21556]

Language: English

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Monsieur Violet, by Captain Marryat.

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Captain Frederick Marryat was born July 10 1792, and died August 8 1848.
He retired from the British navy in 1828 in order to devote himself to
writing. In the following 20 years he wrote 26 books, many of which are
among the very best of English literature, and some of which are still
in print.

Marryat had an extraordinary gift for the invention of episodes in his
stories. He says somewhere that when he sat down for the day's work, he
never knew what he was going to write. He certainly was a literary
genius.

"Monsieur Violet" was published in 1843, the twentieth book to flow from
Marryat's pen. It was written after Marryat's visit to America, the
Diary of which had been published in 1839. Much of the material for
this book must have been gathered during that visit. The setting is
North America.

This e-text was transcribed in 1998 by Nick Hodson, and was reformatted
several times during recent years.

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MONSIEUR VIOLET, BY CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT.

CHAPTER ONE.

The Revolution of 1830, which deprived Charles the Tenth of the throne
of France, like all other great and sudden changes, proved the ruin of
many individuals, more especially of many ancient families who were
attached to the Court, and who would not desert the exiled monarch in
his adversity. Among the few who were permitted to share his fortunes
was my father, a noble gentleman of Burgundy, who at a former period and
during a former exile, had proved his unchangeable faith and attachment
to the legitimate owners of the crown of France.

The ancient royal residence of Holyrood having been offered, as a
retreat,