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dtaai-maai wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:55 pm As for Europe, well, I suppose I was tilting at windmills hoping someone might guess that...
You missed the clue in my response above... It's not very subtle so I'll just get this question out of the way - Don Quixote.

"The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, or just Don Quixote, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled "the first modern novel" and many authors consider it to be the best literary work ever written."

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Don Quixote, is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.
What about Decameron?
Decameron is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron

Or doesn't it count as a novel in English language?
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Don't get picky on me, BG, I was very careful not to make a definitive statement! :laugh:
Perhaps the Decameron is more like the Canterbury Tales, i.e. a collection of short stories (although Chaucer wrote in rhyme, of course).

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Change of tack.

Who was the last British monarch to be buried outside the UK?
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Or are you just desperate to win the bonus prize...?
Nah, don't need extra points in this one, could you give me some in FPL, please. :D

BTW, I think, the oldest book I've read is by Julius Ceasar, "The Gallic Wars" but that's a history book, not a novel.
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Bamboo Grove wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:17 pm
Or are you just desperate to win the bonus prize...?
Nah, don't need extra points in this one, could you give me some in FPL, please. :D

BTW, I think, the oldest book I've read is by Julius Ceasar, "The Gallic Wars" but that's a history book, not a novel.
You obviously didn't see what the bonus prize was!! :laugh:

Interesting... I think Homer's is the oldest work I've read.
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Back to the current question...
dtaai-maai wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:33 pm Change of tack.

Who was the last British monarch to be buried outside the UK?
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Edward the 7th I believe was buried in Paris.
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Edward the 7th I believe was buried in Paris.
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My knowledge on the monarchy is pretty dire :oops: , so I can even get close....

I do know William the Conqueror is buried in Normandy 1080/90'ish(?), but I suspect you're looking for a slightly more recent date than that :D

I'm assuming not too obvious, so perhaps the spouse of a (then) reigning monarch? Also assume you can't include Bonnie Prince Charlie (still somewhat early I take it).....
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lindosfan1 wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:07 pm Edward the 7th I believe was buried in Paris.
I think you must be thinking of Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor. He died in Paris but was interred in Windsor Castle.
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pharvey wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:21 pm I do know William the Conqueror is buried in Normandy 1080/90'ish(?), but I suspect you're looking for a slightly more recent date than that :D

I'm assuming not too obvious, so perhaps the spouse of a (then) reigning monarch? Also assume you can't include Bonnie Prince Charlie (still somewhat early I take it).....
It's a king I'm referring to. As a clue, he was buried in Hanover.
Quite a few centuries after William and a couple before Edward VIII.
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George the 1st was I think the first king from hanover. So George the 1st
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Correctomundo. He had a stroke while on a visit 'home'.
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dtaai-maai wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:06 pm What is generally considered to be the first English novel and when was it published?
And for a bonus point: What is generally considered to be the first European novel and when was it published?
I just stumbled across this article about early novels so thought I’d post it here

https://bookriot.com/the-worlds-first-novel/
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