L'Hermite

FRANCOIS TRISTAN L'HERMITE (1601 - 1655)

The French dramatist and poet was born in the Chateau de Soliers in the Haute Marche. He began a life of adventure early, killing his duelling opponent at the age of thirteen, and subsequently fleeing to England. He embroiders the story of his childhood and youth in a novel Le Page Disgracie. In this work, he describes life in the valley of the Till, when the new gallery was being built at Chillingham Castle. The courtyard was full of building materials; young people played football in the park or flirted in the shell grotto, strayed in the maze and played with the fountain which could be turned on and off with a tap. The wild white cattle once frightened Tristan so much with their bellowing that he spent the night up a tree.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
FRANCOIS TRISTAN L'HERMITE (1601 - 1655) The French dramatist and poet was born in the Chateau de Soliers in the Haute Marche. He began a life of adventure early, killing his duelling opponent at the age of thirteen, and subsequently fleeing to England. He embroiders the story of his childhood and youth in a novel Le Page Disgracie. In this work, he describes life in the valley of the Till, when the new gallery was being built at Chillingham Castle. The courtyard was full of building materials; young people played football in the park or flirted in the shell grotto, strayed in the maze and played with the fountain which could be turned on and off with a tap. The wild white cattle once frightened Tristan so much with their bellowing that he spent the night up a tree.
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