The Life of Sir John Falstaff: With a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources

Robert Barnabas Brough; George Cruikshank

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139542562

Remembered for both his satirical and serious work, Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–60) was a playwright, journalist, poet and founder member of the Savage Club. Built around a series of inspired etchings by the celebrated artist George Cruikshank (1792–1878), this is a delightful fictional biography, 'from authentic sources', of that most colourful of Shakespeare's characters. We hear how our hero was descended from the great Saxon leader Hundwulf Falstaff, how the name is a corruption of 'False-thief', of his adventures with his beloved Prince Hal, and of Christmas 1412 with the Whittington family. Henry V's terrible rejection of him - 'I know thee not, old man' - is touchingly depicted, as are the episode of the laundry basket and other misadventures at Windsor, along with his sad death at the Boar's Head in 1415. First published in 1858, this book is a must-read for every lover of this larger-than-life figure.

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CHAP. X - CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–TRIUMPH OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE GASCOIGNE, AND DISGRACE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
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BOOK THE FIFTH 1413–1415;
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CHAPTER I - SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.–CONSEQUENT STAGNATION IN THE COURT OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–THE WINDSOR CAMPAIGH, ITS MOTIVES AND RESULTS
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CHAP. II - THE END OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
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CHAP. X - CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–TRIUMPH OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE GASCOIGNE, AND DISGRACE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
pp 178-186

BOOK THE FIFTH 1413–1415;

CHAPTER I - SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.–CONSEQUENT STAGNATION IN THE COURT OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–THE WINDSOR CAMPAIGH, ITS MOTIVES AND RESULTS
pp 187-195

CHAP. II - THE END OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
pp 195-196

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CHAP. X - CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–TRIUMPH OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE GASCOIGNE, AND DISGRACE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF pp 178-186

BOOK THE FIFTH 1413–1415;

CHAPTER I - SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.–CONSEQUENT STAGNATION IN THE COURT OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–THE WINDSOR CAMPAIGH, ITS MOTIVES AND RESULTS pp 187-195

CHAP. II - THE END OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF pp 195-196

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CHAP. X - CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–TRIUMPH OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE GASCOIGNE, AND DISGRACE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
pp 178-186

CHAPTER I - SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.–CONSEQUENT STAGNATION IN THE COURT OF HENRY THE FIFTH.–THE WINDSOR CAMPAIGH, ITS MOTIVES AND RESULTS
pp 187-195

CHAP. II - THE END OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
pp 195-196