Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
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Chapters (72)
- BARBAROSSA;
- AN
- HISTORICAL NOVEL
- OF THE
- XII Century.
- Conrad Von Bolanden
- PHILADELPHIA:
- Eugene Cummisky
- PUBLISHER,
- 1037 Chestnut Street.
- 1867.
- J. FAGAN & SON, STEREOTYPERS, PHILAD'A.
- PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- BARBAROSSA.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. THE AMBUSCADE.
- CHAPTER III. THE CHANCELLOR RINALDO.
- CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE.
- CHAPTER V. AFTER THE VICTORY.
- CHAPTER VI. THE COURT FOOL.
- CHAPTER VII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ABBOT CONRAD.
- CHAPTER IX. FILIAL DEVOTION.
- CHAPTER X. THE TEMPTER.
- CHAPTER XI. THE JOURNEY.
- CHAPTER XII. THE TOLL.
- CHAPTER XIII. CASTELLAMARE.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE SIEGE.
- CHAPTER XV. THE ANTI-POPE.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE EMPEROR'S SLAVE.
- CHAPTER XVII. AN EVIL SPIRIT.
- CHAPTER XVIII. CONFIDENTIAL SECRETS.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSULS.
- CHAPTER XX. THE ASSAULT.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE EMPEROR'S POLICY.
- CHAPTER XXII. VANITY.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE MEETING.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE WALK.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPTURE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. TREACHERY.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE BETROTHAL.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE POPULACE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. HUMILIATION.
- CHAPTER XXX. AMUSEMENTS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. AT RIVOLI.
- CHAPTER XXXII. ALEXANDER'S AMBASSADOR.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. A WARNING.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DIVORCED DUCHESS.
- CHAPTER XXXV. LAON.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. KNAVERY.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SPY.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE QUEEN OF FRANCE.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. UNDER THE OAKS.
- CHAPTER XL. A TRUE BISHOP.
- CHAPTER XLI. A HARDENED SINNER.
- CHAPTER XLII. THE ABBEY OF CLUNY.
- CHAPTER XLIII. IN THE CLOISTER.
- CHAPTER XLIV. POPE ALEXANDER III.
- CHAPTER XLV. A KNAVE'S STRATAGEM.
- CHAPTER XLVI. THE SERMON.
- CHAPTER XLVII. THE DUEL.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. THE TRIUMPH OF FORCE.
- CHAPTER XLIX. HERMENGARDE'S CONSTANCY.
- CHAPTER L THE CONSPIRATORS.
- CHAPTER LI. THE TRIBUNE.
- CHAPTER LII. SEDITION.
- CHAPTER LIII. BARBAROSSA IN ROME.
- CHAPTER LIV. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.
- CHAPTER LV. THE HAND OF GOD.
- CHAPTER LVI. CONCLUSION.
- THE END.
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