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When Knighthood Was in Flower

by Charles Major · first published 1898

When Knighthood Was in Flower is the debut novel of American author Charles Major (1856-1913) of Shelbyville, Indiana, written under the pseudonym / pen name of "Edwin Caskoden". It was first published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company (then named the Bowen-Merrill Company) of New York City in 1898 and proved an enormous success, and on numerous best seller lists for three years. According to The New York Times, in its third year on the bookstore market the book was still selling so well that it was #9 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1900. The book spawned an entire subsequent industry of increased interest in historical fiction / romantic fiction, romance novels and subsequent films to eventually television series and even modern soap operas / drama.

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