Grandmont - Walter T Griffin

Excerpt from Grandmont: Stories of an Old Monastery
Holding an official position in that part of France correctly called "Le Centre," with the scenes of historic interest greeting the eye on every side, it was only natural that the long hours between office duties should be employed in research. The great Municipal Library of Limoges, so replete with ancient manuscripts, whose treasures have never yet been brought out by the printing press to meet the public eye, the rare old volumes that have been lost sight of in the progress of the centuries, offered too great a temptation to a naturally inquisitive mind to be neglected, especially when his honor the Mayor of Limoges placed these literary relics at the disposition of the writer. The strange and curious tales that arc herein related arc all founded on what has been read and gleaned from these writings.
The Monastery of Grandmont was chosen because for five centuries it was the most influential agency of both Church and State in this part of France and Europe, and here princes and lords from England, Germany, Italy, and France came to arbitrate their cause and enjoy the privilege of sanctuary. The foundation and rise of such an institution, together with the incidents of life and manners of those distant times, it was hoped would be a subject of interest to the readers of to-day who are fond of looking backward through the mazes already passed in the triumphal march of civilization.
Every character in this book has really existed.
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