Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier

A Boy in Rome and the Last of the Stuart Claim

Charles Lever, A. D. McCormick

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501114999
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

A boy of Irish Jacobite descent is raised in the Stuart court in exile and sent back into a Europe where his name is worth either a fortune or a rope. Lever knew the exile families and their claims and treats them without sentiment. This edition binds 59 plates of painting with the text, among them Panini, Hubert Robert and Rodde, and restores and colours its single in-text illustration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier
• Publishers’ Note
• Chapter I. The Thieves’ Corner
• Chapter II. The Levee
• Chapter III. The Altieri Palace
• Chapter IV. The Prince’s Chamber
• Chapter V. After Dark
• Chapter VI. The Interview
• Chapter VII. The Villa at Orvieto
• Chapter VIII. The Tana in the Maremma
• Chapter IX. The ‘Cour’ of the Altieri
• Chapter X. Gabriel De———
• Chapter XI. Last Days at the Tana
• Chapter XII. A Forest Scene
• Chapter XIII. A Contract
• Chapter XIV. The Accidents of ‘Artist’ Life
• Chapter XV. A Tuscan Police Court
• Chapter XVI. The Poet’s House
• Chapter XVII. A Lover’s Quarrel
• Chapter XVIII. The Drop
• Chapter XIX. The Plan
• Chapter I. The ‘Salle des Gardes’
• Chapter II. A Night on Duty
• Chapter III. The Mission
• Chapter IV. A Salon Under the Monarchy
• Chapter V. A Sudden Reverse
• Chapter VI. A Wanderer
• Chapter I. A Cardinal’s Chamber
• Chapter II. A Death-Bed
• Chapter III. ‘La Gabrielle’
• Chapter IV. Some of Time’s Changes
• Chapter V. A Reception at Madame Roland’s
• Chapter VI. ‘La Grue’
• Chapter VII. A Supper with the ‘Friends of the People’
• Chapter VIII. The Dépôt de la Préfecture
• Chapter IX. The Père Massoni in His Cell
• Chapter X. The Cardinal at His Devotions
• Chapter XI. An Audience
• Chapter XII. A Jesuit’s Stroke of Policy
• Chapter XIII. The Père Massoni’s Misgivings
• Chapter XIV. The Egyptian
• Chapter XV. The Père and the Princess
• Chapter XVI. Intrigue
• Chapter XVII. The Garden at Orvieto
• Chapter XVIII. How the Time Passed at Orvieto
• Chapter XIX. Two Visitors
• Chapter XX. A Wayworn Adventurer
• Chapter XXI. A Forest Ride
• Chapter XXII. ‘IL Pastore’
• Chapter XXIII. The End
• Appendix. Note I
• Note II
• About the Author