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What is loyalty worth when serving an emperor means turning against your own family?
In Maugis, Ye Sorcerer, credited to Lord Gilhooley, knights, spells and rebellion fill the world of Charlemagne. A small band stands against a great emperor, and strength alone is not enough. Maugis, the clever enchanter and thief of the old French legends, brings another weapon to the struggle: cunning.
This tale draws on the legends of Charlemagne and his rebel barons, where loyalty to a ruler presses against the claims of kin. Castles, feasts, sword fights and magic give the conflict its colour. At its heart stands a hero who uses wit as often as strength, inviting you to weigh obedience against family and defiance.
What you’ll discover
- A cunning enchanter Meet Maugis, whose magic and cleverness offer a different kind of chivalric strength.
- Rebels against an emperor Follow a small band facing imperial power, with loyalty itself open to question.
- Swords beside spells Enter a world where sword fights and sorcery share the pleasures of adventure.
- The pull of kin Explore what a hero owes his family when a ruler is hard to serve.
- The flavour of legend Enjoy castles, feasts and the old chivalric world behind this tale of rebellion.
Who will love it
Readers who love knights, castles, sieges, duels and loyalty between brothers will enjoy this book. It suits lovers of old legends, romance and a clever sorcerer.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A promise preserves a threatened story
- Proud words turn anger into war
- A whisper makes Maugis an outlaw
- Good faith restores Yolande's trust
- A weak ally breaks his oath
- Mercy guides the use of power
- Loyalty means choosing between competing promises
- Fear turns unfamiliar learning into witchcraft
- The frame preserves a different strength
Who’s who
- MaugisThe seven-foot eldest son of Duke Aymon, a learned knight with hidden powers, who wants honor, peace with the emperor and a life with Yolande.
- RenaudMaugis's cousin and the son of the murdered Duke d'Aigremont, a bold, clever fighter who wants to avenge his father and stand by his kin.
- YolandeA princess serving at court and sister of King Yon, deeply religious, who loves Maugis but is taught to fear him.
- CharlemagneThe emperor of the Franks, generous and quick to anger, who wants justice for his son and cannot give up his pride.
- GanelonA jealous courtier who wants Yolande and the downfall of Maugis, and who feeds the emperor's anger.
- RolandCharlemagne's young nephew and the finest knight of the court, who fights Maugis and comes to admire him.
- OgerA seasoned old soldier and cousin of Maugis, who serves the emperor but will not break his pledged word.
- PinabelA cowardly courtier and ally of Ganelon who hates Maugis and urges Charlemagne to keep fighting.
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Maugis, Ye Sorcerer
A hermit in Mouzon burns an ancient manuscript page by page, and an Irish visitor swears to save its story.
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Picture a man who burns the only copy of a lost history, one page at a time, because a severed head tells him to. That is where Maugis, Ye Sorcerer begins.
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- About 3 h 30 min2 h 45 min fast, 4 h 10 min slow
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- 50,200 words
- Library level
- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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A dying hermit trusts a stranger with Maugis
The book opens with a cable from France. The hermit of the Maison Maugis in Mouzon is dead after smashing his furniture and burning all he owned. The news sends the narrator back three months, to a day trip with his cousin Albert.
In Mouzon, a schoolmaster points to a heavy oak door. It was the home of Maugis, he says, and its owner hates visitors. The narrator cannot shake a wish to see behind it. He knocks, and a wild, gray-eyed man lets him in. The room holds a carved fireplace big enough to roast an ox.
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Gilhooley. Maugis, Ye Sorcerer. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/maugis-ye-sorcerer.
Gilhooley. (2026). Maugis, ye sorcerer. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/maugis-ye-sorcerer
Gilhooley. Maugis, Ye Sorcerer. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/maugis-ye-sorcerer.
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What is Maugis, Ye Sorcerer about?
It tells of Maugis, eldest son of Duke Aymon, and his brothers and cousin Renaud, who rebel against Charlemagne after a chain of murders and betrayals. It follows their sieges, escapes, duels and the love between Maugis and Yolande.
Who is Maugis the sorcerer?
Maugis is a seven-foot knight in Charlemagne's reign, taught by an Eastern scholar to use hypnosis and other hidden powers. He swears to give them up, but needs them to rescue his cousin and his people.
Is Maugis, Ye Sorcerer a true story?
No, it is a legend. It retells the old French tale of the four sons of Aymon, set in 779, and wraps it in a frame about a hermit, a manuscript and an oath at Mouzon in France.
The author
Lord Gilhooley
Writer
Lord Gilhooley was the pen name of Frederick O'Hoolihan, an Irishman who died in 1913. In this book he presents himself as a traveler in France who receives an old manuscript. The work shows an author who loves medieval romance, old French places such as Mouzon and the Ardennes, and the legend of the four sons of Aymon.
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