Historical Romances

Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781775456100
• Edition: 0

British writer Stanley J. Weyman is considered to be one of the foremost practitioners of the historical romance genre. He spent years perfecting his craft with short-form tales that were published in the most popular publications of the day, and then moved on to novels and longer vignettes. This collection brings together some of Weyman's most acclaimed works.

Table of contents

• HISTORICAL ROMANCES
• Contents
• UNDER THE RED ROBE
• Chapter I - At Zaton's
• Chapter II - At the Green Pillar
• Chapter III - The House in the Wood
• Chapter IV - Madame and Mademoiselle
• Chapter V - Revenge
• Chapter VI - Under the Pic du Midi
• Chapter VII - A Master Stroke
• Chapter VIII - The Question
• Chapter IX - Clon
• Chapter X - The Arrest
• Chapter XI - The Road to Paris
• Chapter XII - At the Finger-Post
• Chapter XIII - St. Martin's Eve
• Chapter XIV - St. Martin's Summer
• COUNT HANNIBAL
• Chapter I - Crimson Favours
• Chapter II - Hannibal de Saulx, Comte de Tavannes
• Chapter III - The House Next the "Golden Maid"
• Chapter IV - The Eve of the Feast
• Chapter V - A Rough Wooing
• Chapter VI - Who Touches Tavannes?
• Chapter VII - In the Amphitheatre
• Chapter VIII - Two Hens and an Egg
• Chapter IX - Unstable
• Chapter X - Madame St. Lo
• Chapter XI - A Bargain
• Chapter XII - In the Hall of the Louvre
• Chapter XIII - Diplomacy
• Chapter XIV - Too Short a Spoon
• Chapter XV - The Brother of St. Magloire
• Chapter XVI - At Close Quarters
• Chapter XVII - The Duel
• Chapter XVIII - Andromeda, Perseus Being Absent
• Chapter XIX - In the Orléannais
• Chapter XX - On the Castle Hill
• Chapter XXI - She Would, and Would Not
• Chapter XXII - Playing with Fire
• Chapter XXIII - A Mind, and Not a Mind
• Chapter XXIV - At the King's Inn
• Chapter XXV - The Company of the Bleeding Heart
• Chapter XXVI - Temper
• Chapter XXVII - The Black Town
• Chapter XXVIII - In the Little Chapter-House
• Chapter XXIX - The Escape
• Chapter XXX - Sacrilege!
• Chapter XXXI - The Flight from Angers
• Chapter XXXII - The Ordeal by Steel
• Chapter XXXIII - The Ambush
• Chapter XXXIV - Which Will You, Madame?
• Chapter XXXV - Against the Wall
• Chapter XXXVI - His Kingdom
• A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE
• Chapter I - The Sport of Fools
• Chapter II - The King of Navarre
• Chapter III - Boot and Saddle
• Chapter IV - Mademoiselle de la Vire
• Chapter V - The Road to Blois
• Chapter VI - My Mother's Lodging
• Chapter VII - Simon Fleix
• Chapter VIII - An Empty Room
• Chapter IX - The House in the Ruelle D'Arcy
• Chapter X - The Fight on the Stairs
• Chapter XI - The Man at the Door
• Chapter XII - Maximilian de Bethune, Baron de Rosny
• Chapter XIII - At Rosny
• Chapter XIV - M. De Rambouillet
• Chapter XV - Vilain Herodes
• Chapter XVI - In the King's Chamber
• Chapter XVII - The Jacobin Monk
• Chapter XVIII - The Offer of the League
• Chapter XIX - Men Call it Chance
• Chapter XX - The King's Face
• Chapter XXI - Two Women
• Chapter XXII - 'La Femme Dispose'
• Chapter XXIII - The Last Valois
• Chapter XXIV - A Royal Peril
• Chapter XXV - Terms of Surrender
• Chapter XXVI - Meditations
• Chapter XXVII - To Me, My Friends!
• Chapter XXVIII - The Castle on the Hill
• Chapter XXIX - Pestilence and Famine
• Chapter XXX - Stricken
• Chapter XXXI - Under the Greenwood
• Chapter XXXII - A Tavern Brawl
• Chapter XXXIII - At Meudon
• Chapter XXXIV - "Tis an Ill Wind'
• Chapter XXXV - 'Le Roi Est Mort!'
• Chapter XXXVI - 'Vive Le Roi!'