The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
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The execution of Lady Lake's criminal and vindictive project would not have been long deferred after the defeat she had sustained from Lord Roos but for her husband's determined opposition...William Harrison Ainsworth was an English historical novelist renowned for his incredibly popular historical romances, such as this text, 'The Star Chamber'. Ainsworth initially studied law but left it for literature, publishing his first novel anonymously in 1826. His first success came with the novel 'Rookwood' published in 1834, featuring the highwayman Dick Turpin, which led many reviewers to hail him ...
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- THE STAR-CHAMBER; AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE,
- Author of "Windsor Castle," &C.
- In Two Volumes. VOL. II.
- Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz
- 1854.
- CONTENTS
- THE STAR-CHAMBER, VOLUME 2, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE
- CHAPTER I. Poison.
- CHAPTER II. Counter-Poison.
- CHAPTER III. Showing that "our pleasant vices are made the whips to scourge us."
- CHAPTER IV. How the forged Confession was produced.
- CHAPTER V. A visit to Sir Giles Mompesson's habitation near the fleet.
- CHAPTER VI. Of the Wager between the Conde de Gondomar and the Marquis of
- CHAPTER VII. A Cloud in the Horizon.
- CHAPTER VIII. Whitehall.
- CHAPTER IX. Prince Charles.
- CHAPTER X. The old Palace-Yard of Westminster.
- CHAPTER XI. The Tilt-Yard.
- CHAPTER XII. The Tilting Match.
- CHAPTER XIII. The Felon Knight.
- CHAPTER XIV. The private Cabinet of Sir Giles Mompesson.
- CHAPTER XV. Clement Lanyere's Story.
- CHAPTER XVI. Sir Jocelyn's rupture with de Gondomar.
- CHAPTER XVII. Disgrace.
- CHAPTER XVIII. How Sir Jocelyn's cause was espoused by the 'prentices.
- CHAPTER XIX. A Noble Revenge.
- CHAPTER XX. A Place of Refuge.
- CHAPTER XXI. The Arrest.
- CHAPTER XXII. The Old Fleet Prison.
- CHAPTER XXIII. How Sir Jocelyn was brought to the Fleet.
- CHAPTER XXIV. The Abduction.
- CHAPTER XXV. The "Stone Coffin."
- CHAPTER XXVI. A Secret Friend.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Showing how judgment was given by King James in the Star-Chamber, in the
- CHAPTER XXVIII. The two warrants.
- CHAPTER XXIX. The Silver Coffer.
- CHAPTER XXX. How the Marriage was interrupted.
- CHAPTER XXXI. Accusations.
- CHAPTER XXXII. Judgment.
- CONCLUDING CHAPTER.
- Retribution.
- THE END.
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