Stolen from Gypsies

by Smith, Noble

• ISBN13: 9781883991821
• ISBN10: 188399182X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: RiverWood Books

Summary

This hilarious first novel, involves a stolen Gypsy baby, a tongue-tied accountant, a rich merchant, the merchant's ravishing daughter, magicians, spells, contracts in blood, pirates, transformations, Dim Avengers, döppelgangers, demons, duels, dicksocks, angels, carnal temptations, imprisonment and redemption. If this sounds like Shakespeare meets Monty Python, you are not too far off. Smith stages his comedic adventure in the early 19th century. He has created a historical comedy within a historical comedy that is as absurd and enjoyable as Monty Python's 'The Holy Grail' and Goldman's 'The Princess Bride'. The characters leap off the page in full costume.

Table of Contents

The Gypsies	1	(5)
A Beginning	5	(14)
Carthusalem	19	(6)
The Accountant	25	(4)
The Merchant	29	(4)
The Beloved	33	(4)
The Lackey	37	(4)
Dreadful Tidings	41	(6)
The Bazaar	47	(6)
The Magician	53	(8)
The Transmutation	61	(10)
The Royal Scamp	71	(12)
The Fop and His Drudge	83	(10)
The Hairless Half-Uncle	93	(16)
An Interlewd [sic]: The Blacksmith and The Dancing Lady	109	(6)
The Lovers	115	(14)
The Schemers	129	(10)
The Clock Sniffer's Tale	139	(6)
The Argonaut	145	(16)
The Hellhag	161	(8)
An Exchange of Missives	169	(4)
The Happy Cock	173	(8)
The Cromnyomancer	181	(6)
The Temptress	187	(16)
The Monomachists	203	(10)
The Cagelings	213	(18)
The Masqueraders (And an Ending)	231	(16)
Epilogue	247	(6)
Glossary	253	(30)
Acknowledgments	283