The Adventurous Simplicissimus · Character

Daniel St. André

A character encountered in Simplicissimus's later travels.

minor

Also known as St. André, Daniel

First appearance: xx treats of a trifling promenade from the black forest to moscow in russia

Daniel St. André shows up with force in XVII: How It Happens That, Whereas in War the Nobles Are Ever Put Before the Common Men, Yet Many Do Attain from Despised Rank to High Honours. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as an example of a common soldier who rose to high rank.

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In XVII: How It Happens That, Whereas in War the Nobles Are Ever Put Before the Common Men, Yet Many Do Attain from Despised Rank to High Honours: Mentioned as an example of a common soldier who rose to high rank.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

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XVII: How It Happens That, Whereas in War the Nobles Are Ever Put Before the Common Men, Yet Many Do Attain from Despised Rank to High Honours
Mentioned as an example of a common soldier who rose to high rank.
On What Condition the Huntsman Was Set Free
The Swedish commandant who detains the Huntsman and offers him a choice: join the Swedes or face imprisonment.
II: How Simplicissimus Found a Better Host Than Before
Mentioned as the colonel commandant in Lippstadt to whom Simplicissimus addresses his packet of letters.
IV: How Simplicissimus Departed Secretly and How He Believed He Had the Neapolitan Disease
Mentioned as the colonel of the regiment Simplicissimus claims to belong to.
XII: Of a Desperate Fight for Life in Which Each Party Doth Yet Escape Death
Colonel Saint André, who along with Simplicissimus's father-in-law, arranges his leave from the army.
IV: In What Manner Simplicissimus and Herzbruder Went to the Wars Again and Returned Thence
Mentioned as the Hessian colonel who tricked Simplicissimus at Lippstadt.

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