# Cavalier — Travel Essays character guide

> Cavalier in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0054-the-country-of-the-camisards

## Who they are

A Camisard leader in the Cévennes uprising.

## In the story

### [The Country of the Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-country-of-the-camisards)

Mentioned as a leader of the Camisards, though not directly encountered in the chapter.

### [Across the Lozère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/across-the-loz-re)

Mentioned as a baker's apprentice turned Camisard leader, later English governor of Jersey.

### [In the Valley of the Tarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley-of-the-tarn)

Referenced in a tale of the Camisards dining in the woods with box-tree garlands.

### [Florac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/florac)

Mentioned as the boy-general of the Camisards, with descendants still living in the area.

### [In the Valley of the Mimente](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-valley-of-the-mimente)

Mentioned in the narrator's reflection on stars, recalling Cavalier's words about having no tent but the sky.

### [The Heart of the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-heart-of-the-country)

Camisard leader mentioned in the context of the war's history.

## Links

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