The Vicomte de Bragelonne · Character
Cropole
An innkeeper at the Corne du Cerf in Melun.
minor
Also known as Master Cropolé, young Cropolé, Cropoli
First appearance: In Which Something Will Be Said of Cropoli—Of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter
Cropole shows up with force in In Which Something Will Be Said of Cropoli—Of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The innkeeper of the hostelry 'To the Medici', son of the original Cropoli, who commissions the sign and insists on the legend.
Cropole first appears in 0008 5 in which something will be said of cropoli of cropoli and of a great unknown painter.
In In Which Something Will Be Said of Cropoli—Of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter: The innkeeper of the hostelry 'To the Medici', son of the original Cropoli, who commissions the sign and insists on the legend.
Later, in The Unknown: The innkeeper of the Hostelry of the Medici, anxious for profit from the king's visit, presses the unknown gentleman for payment but is ultimately shamed by the stranger's noble bearing.
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