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Oliver Raven

A bilingual German-Australian, who spent many years exploring in and around every German castle ruin he could find, and many more non-ruined castles and palaces than you could poke a selfie stick at. Although I lived and studied in Berlin and Northern Germany for many years, I also visited Bavaria, the Rhine and Swabia, the scene of our series, even understanding a bit more than a mere muggelseggele of Swabian, a somewhat bawdy term I prefer not to translate because children may be reading this.

After enduring years of having to read classic German literature, from the poems of Walther von der Vogelweide to works such as Simplicissimus and on to those of Goethe, Schiller, Berthold Brecht and Günter Grass. I could, without any doubt, be described as an avid German Kulturbanause. Just the kind of person who would have got on well with Sylvanus Cobb.

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 1. The Castle and the Cot — An Alarm

    Cobb’s False Knight: 1. The Castle and the Cot — An Alarm

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 2. Secret in the Hunter’s Cot

    Cobb’s False Knight: 2. Secret in the Hunter’s Cot

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 3. A Funeral — A New Arrival

    Cobb’s False Knight: 3. A Funeral — A New Arrival

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 4. A Brief, Sweet Dream

    Cobb’s False Knight: 4. A Brief, Sweet Dream

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 5. Plotting — Deep and Deadly

    Cobb’s False Knight: 5. Plotting — Deep and Deadly

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 6. Waylaid

    Cobb’s False Knight: 6. Waylaid

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 7. Cause for Alarm

    Cobb’s False Knight: 7. Cause for Alarm

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 8. Another Trap

    Cobb’s False Knight: 8. Another Trap

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 9. The Trap is Sprung

    Cobb’s False Knight: 9. The Trap is Sprung

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 10. Flight

    Cobb’s False Knight: 10. Flight

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 11. Sir Pascal in Trouble

    Cobb’s False Knight: 11. Sir Pascal in Trouble

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 12. In the Hunter’s Cot

    Cobb’s False Knight: 12. In the Hunter’s Cot

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 13. A Terrible Blow

    Cobb’s False Knight: 13. A Terrible Blow

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 14. A Scrap of Paper

    Cobb’s False Knight: 14. A Scrap of Paper

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 15. The Midnight Mission

    Cobb’s False Knight: 15. The Midnight Mission

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 16. An Adventure

    Cobb’s False Knight: 16. An Adventure

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 17. Beginning of the End

    Cobb’s False Knight: 17. Beginning of the End

  • Cobb’s False Knight: 18. A Revelation—Conclusion

    Cobb’s False Knight: 18. A Revelation—Conclusion

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Olivier’s Brag

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Olivier’s Brag

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: The Miracle of the Magpie

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: The Miracle of the Magpie

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Brother Joconde

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Brother Joconde

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Five Fair Ladies of Picardy, of Poitou, of Touraine, of Lyons, and of Paris

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Five Fair Ladies of Picardy, of Poitou, of Touraine, of Lyons, and of Paris

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: A Good Lesson Well Learnt

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: A Good Lesson Well Learnt

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Satan’s Tongue-Pie

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Satan’s Tongue-Pie

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Concerning an Horrible Picture

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Concerning an Horrible Picture

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Mademoiselle de Doucine’s New Year’s Present

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Mademoiselle de Doucine’s New Year’s Present

  • Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Mademoiselle Roxane

    Anatole France’s Merrie Tales: Mademoiselle Roxane