The historical nights' entertainment
By: by Rafael Sabatini. First and second series in one volume.
Edition: De luxe ed.
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., inc.
Published: 1939
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: History
Notes: --The hermosa fembra; an episode of the Inquisition in Seville. The pastry-cook of Madrigal; the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal. The end of the "vert galant"; the assassination of Henry IV. The barren wooing; the murder of Amy Robsart. Sir Judas; the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh. His Insolence of Buckingham; George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria. The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon. The tragedy of Herrenhausen; Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea. The tyrannicide; Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat. The honour of Varano. The lust of conquest. The Pasquinade.
Table of contents: title: First series: The night of Holyrood: the murder of David Rizzio. The night of Kirk o'Field: the murder of Darnley. The night of betrayal: Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain. The night of charity: the case of the Lady Alice Lisle. The night of massacre: the story of the St. Bartholomew. The night of witchcraft: Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. The night of gems: the affaire of the queen's necklace. The night of terror: the drownings at Nantes under Carrier. The night of nuptials: Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt. The night of stranglers; Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary. The night of hate; the murder of the Duke of Gandia. The night of escape; Casanova's escape from the Plombi. The night of masquerade: the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden.; title: Second series: The absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. The false Demetrius; Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible.