The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias
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Chapters (79)
- William Le Queux "The Closed Book" "Concerning the Secret of the Borgias"
- Chapter One.
- Which Mainly Concerns a Hunchback.
- Chapter Two.
- The Priest and the Book.
- Chapter Three.
- In which the Prior is Mysterious.
- Chapter Four.
- Chapter Five.
- Shows Something Suspicious.
- Chapter Six.
- The Opening of the Book.
- Chapter Seven.
- Forbidden Folios.
- Chapter Eight.
- Concerns a Woman’s Serfdom.
- Chapter Nine.
- Doctor Pellegrini’s Opinion.
- Chapter Ten.
- Across Europe.
- Chapter Eleven.
- The Old Lady from Paris.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The Sign of the Bear Cub.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- What the Watchers Saw.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Counsel of Friends.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- The Old Monk’s Secret.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Continues the Record.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Contains Forbidden Knowledge.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- Lady Judith Speaks.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- The Hand and the Glove.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Walter Wyman Rejoins me.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- We Make Preliminary Investigation.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- What Happened at Crowland.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Tactics of the Enemy.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- Forestalled.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- What the Buried Chest Contained.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- A Discovery in Harpur Street.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- If you Knew the Truth.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- The Stranger in Black.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Some Explanations.
- Chapter Thirty.
- Humours of a House Party.
- Chapter Thirty One.
- Under the Gallows Knob.
- Chapter Thirty Two.
- The Major Makes a Statement.
- Chapter Thirty Three.
- Will the Sun Shine?
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- The Red Bull of the Borgias.
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- What we Found at Threave.
- Chapter Thirty Six.
- Shows the Actual Spot at Crowland.
- Chapter Thirty Seven.
- In which I Enter the House of Mystery.
- Chapter Thirty Eight.
- The Room of the Bear Cub.
- Chapter Thirty Nine.
- Contains Lord Glenelg’s Story.
- Chapter Forty.
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