This epic novel, which was first published about two hundred years ago, tells the story of the Battle of the Golden Spears or the Battle of Kortrijk, which took place in Europe in the year 1302. The novel presents in a legendary form the story of the conflict between the inhabitants of the Flanders region and the French king, a conflict that developed into a war that ended in victory. Flemish peasant army defeats French knights in the Battle of the Golden Spears. The national spirit is the real central theme, as the author seeks, by mixing the historical and the fictional, to present a narrative about liberation from the colonizer in the midst of... The story of the famous battle.
