The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons

The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons is an 1833 novel by James Fenimore Cooper set in Switzerland.[1] The novel was inspired by one of Cooper's trips during his European travels in 1832.[2] The novel is one of three of Cooper's "European" novels, following The Bravo and The Heidenmauer, all of which use the European setting to deal with socio-political contrast with American institutions.[3]

  1. ^ "Checklist of Cooper's Works". external.oneonta.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. ^ Cooper, Susan Fenimore (1861). "Introduction to The Headsman". external.oneonta.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. ^ MacDougall, Hugh (2013). "Cooper's The Headsman: What Have Swiss Executioners Got to Do with African-Americans?". James Fenimore Cooper: His Country and His Art, Papers from the 2013 Cooper Conference and Seminar: 29–35.