Stolen from Gypsies

by Noble, Smith; Smith, Noble

• ISBN13: 9780967544809
• ISBN10: 0967544807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Aubrey House Pub

Summary

Ambrogio Smythe, a hypochodriacal British nobleman, is obsessed by childhood memories of Gypsies. Ambrogio leaves his ancestral estate and makes his way to Florence, always aware of the lurking menace of the hated Napoleon Bonaparte. In Tuscany, Ambrogio meets a wondering storyteller, hears a magical yarn about a Gypsy babe kidnapped by a demon, buys a shred of parchment as evidence, and begins to write his own version of the saga, vowing one day to publish it in the finest Morocco leather. Noble Smith 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

Acknowledgments	vi
The Gypsies	1	(4)
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