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Hannibal's daughter

Chapter 55: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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A woman tied to a famed military leader moves through a world of palace plotting, passionate attachments, and the violent tides of war as her city confronts a rival republic. The narrative interleaves intimate episodes of love, jealousy, and personal sacrifice with dramatized accounts of campaigns, hazardous marches, and decisive battles drawn from classical sources. Political conspiracies, shifting loyalties, and renunciations test her resolve, while sea actions and sieges widen the scope. The story traces the human consequences of victory and defeat, ending with meetings, losses, and the moral aftershocks that follow great conflict.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

The available copies of the source text have the following two defects (illegible words).

(p. 376) “…that Elissa returned when she fir[***] rejoined her father in his camp…” Use first.

(p. 377) “…that the siege was raised by Scipio [***]r a naval battle in which the Romans were defeated.” Use after.

If you have access to an intact copy of the text and can confirm that either of these changes are wrong please contact Project Gutenberg support.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. earrings/ear-rings, hunting party/hunting-party/, praetor/pretors/prætors, etc.) have been preserved.

Alterations to the text:

Add title and author’s name to cover image.

Punctuation: sentences missing periods, quotation mark pairings, etc.

[Part I/Chapter III]

Change “they more than equalled in valour and dermination” to determination.

“Greeks who had fled to Carthage from Lilybœum to escape” to Lilybæum.

“Could Lutatius Catulus have conquered Lilybœum even had” to Lilybæum.

“for their long continued neglect of him and all the best” to long-continued.

[Part II/Chapter II]

“remember, writing now, Oh! Elissa, as a father” to oh.

[Part II/Chapter V]

“He unmasked his battery without futher delay” to further.

“my men will, storm the palace, and, unless they find me” delete first comma.

[Part III/Chapter IV]

“the heavy armed cavalry men being in the former, two men” to heavy-armed.

[Part III/Chapter XII]

“shyly responding to the advances of the the Prince Massinissa” delete one the.

[Part IV/Chapter VI]

“To him then was the Princess Cœcilla offered as his wife” to Cœcilia.

[Part V/Chapter I]

“after various sieges and conflicts wiih each power in turn” to with.

[Part V/Chapter II]

“magnificent camp, of which the the tents were made of purple” delete one the.

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