Princesse De Babylone Anachronisme

land of the Aztecs to Senegal and from Copenhagen to the mysterious Île Inaccessible. The novels in ten or twelve volumes of La Calprenède (c.1610–63) (Cassandre, 1642–5; Cléopâtre, 1646–57; and the unfinished Faramond, 1661–70) mixed spectacular anachronism with opportunities for their heroes to achieve ‘sublime’ feats of courage and generosity. Madeleine de Scudéry (1608–1701: Ibrahim, ou l’Illustre Bassa, 1641; Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus, 1649–53; Clélie, histoire romaine, 1654–60) filled up to 15