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Lansquenet is a banking game played with cards, named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht ('servant of the land or country'), which refers to 15th- and 16th-century German mercenary foot soldiers; the lansquenet drum is a type of field drum used by these soldiers.
Landsknechte, etching by Daniel Hopfer, c. 1530. The Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht, pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period.
Baccarat, Basset, Tempeln, Monte Bank, Lansquenet Faro ( / ˈ f ɛər oʊ / FAIR -oh ), Pharaoh , Pharao , or Farobank is a late 17th-century French gambling game using cards . It is descended from Basset , and belongs to the Lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games due to the use of a banker and several players.
Lansquenet is portrayed as an insular, close community, run by gossip and the Church. Most of the inhabitants are elderly; young people have mostly moved to the towns and cities to find work. It is an old bastide and retains the fortress mentality of its past.
Following the funeral of Richard Abernethie, his family assembles at Enderby Hall for the reading of the will by his lawyer, Mr Entwhistle. His wealth is to be divided up between his surviving family: his brother Timothy Abernethie and his wife Maud; his sister Cora Lansquenet; his nephew George Crossfield; his first niece Rosamund Shane, and her husband Michael; his second niece Susan Banks ...
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Lansquenet was ordered from Dyle et Bacalan and was launched at their shipyard in Bordeaux on 20 November 1909. She was completed in October 1910. [4] When the First World War began in August 1914, Lansquenet was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (2 e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 1st Naval Army (1 ère Armée Navale).
The identity of the subject is not known, but it is believed to be a character study or "tronie" of a historical character, wearing costume – gorget and cap with feather plume – fashionable in the 15th century, possibly inspired by a woodcut print of a lansquenet.