Description

Gece yolcuları (The night riders) is a translation into Ottoman Turkish of a French novel entitled Les Cavaliers de la nuit by the prolific French writer Ponson du Terrail. It is the tale of four heroes hailing from different parts of Europe―Scotland, Lorraine, Naples, and Spain―who joined forces in the cause of a deposed king of Brittany. The novel is representative of Gothic romances popular in 19th century France, full of dark and stormy nights, secret passageways in lugubrious forest castles, and swashbuckling heroism. Pierre Alexis, vicomte ...