LORD TONY'S WIFE; AN ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

By Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

    PAGE
Prologue: Nantes, 1789   11



  BOOK ONE: BATH, 1793  
     
CHAPTER    
I. The Moor 43
II. The Bottom Inn 50
III. The Assembly Rooms 78
IV. The Father 100
V. The Nest 109
VI. The Scarlet Pimpernel 123
VII. Marguerite 130
VIII. The Road to Portishead 134
IX. The Coast of France 147
     
  BOOK TWO: NANTES, DECEMBER, 1793  
     
I. The Tiger's Lair 163
II. Le Bouffay 195
III. The Fowlers 212
IV. The Net 234
V. The Message of Hope 256
VI. The Rat Mort 267
VII. The Fracas in the Tavern 279
VIII. The English Adventurers 299
IX. The Proconsul 313
X. Lord Tony 327





THE TANGLED SKEIN

By Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

PART I
MIRRAB—THE WITCH
CHAP.   PAGE
I. East Molesey Fair 11
II. The Witch's Tent 17
III. Mischief Brewing 23
IV. Friends and Enemies 28
V. Ladies and Gallants 33
VI. The Lady Ursula 41
VII. His Grace of Wessex 46
VIII. Silken Bonds 52
IX. The Veiled Witch 59
PART II
THE LADY URSULA
X. A Bevy of Fair Maidens 73
XI. The Fairest of Them All 80
XII. Intrigues 88
XIII. His Eminence 93
XIV. The Destinies of Europe 99
XV. The Hand of Fate 103
XVI. The Ultimatum 114
XVII. An Armed Truce 120
XVIII. The Veiled Witch 127
PART III
A GAME OF CHESS
XIX. The Pawns 139
XX. Departure 153
XXI. The Black Knight 159
XXII. The White Queen 168
XXIII. Check to the Queen 177
XXIV. Check to the King 187
XXV. The Cardinal's Move 192
XXVI. The Provocation 198
XXVII. The Fight 204
XXVIII. The Sequel of the Comedy 210
XXIX. Check-Mate 217
PART IV
HIS GRACE OF WESSEX
XXX. Thoughts 225
XXXI. Marye, the Queene 229
XXXII. A Bargain 243
XXXIII. In the Lord Chancellor's Court 252
XXXIV. Westminster Hall 269
XXXV. The Trial 279
XXXVI. Afterwards 294
XXXVII. The Cardinal's Puppets 300
XXXVIII. The Last Farewell 306
XXXIX. A Forlorn Hope 314
XL. Poor Mirrab 318
XLI. The End 331





BEAU BROCADE, A Romance

By The Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

PART I.-THE FORGE.

CHAP.

  1. BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT

  2. THE FORGE OF JOHN STICH

  3. THE FUGITIVE

  4. JOCK MIGGS, THE SHEPHERD

  5. "THERE'S NONE LIKE HER, NONE!"

  6. A SQUIRE OF HIGH DEGREE

  7. THE HALT AT THE MOORHEN

  8. THE REJECTED SUITOR

  9. SIR HUMPHREY'S FAMILIAR

  10. A STRANGER AT THE FORGE

  11. THE STRANGER'S NAME

  12. THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE ROSE

  13. A PROPOSAL AND A THREAT

  14. THE FIGHT IN THE FORGE



PART II.-THE HEATH.

  1. THE OUTLAW

  2. A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH

  3. A FAITHFUL FRIEND

  4. MOONLIGHT ON THE HEATH

  5. HIS OATH



PART III.-BRASSINGTON.

  1. A THRILLING NARRATIVE

  2. MASTER MITTACHIP'S IDEA

  3. AN INTERLUDE

  4. A DARING PLAN

  5. HIS HONOUR, SQUIRE WEST

  6. SUCCESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT

  7. THE MAN HUNT

  8. JOCK MIGGS'S ERRAND

  9. THE QUARRY

  10. THE DAWN



PART IV.-H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.

  1. SUSPENSE

  2. "WE'VE GOTTEN BEAU BROCADE"

  3. A PAINFUL INCIDENT

  4. THE AWAKENING

  5. A LIFE FOR A LIFE

  6. QUITS

  7. THE AGONY OF PARTING

  8. REPARATION

  9. THE JOY OF RE-UNION





HIS MAJESTY'S WELL-BELOVED

By Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

CHAPTER

  1. How it all Began

  2. The Rift Within the Lute

  3. A Criminal Folly

  4. More than a Passing Fancy

  5. The Outrage

  6. The Gathering Storm

  7. An Assembly of Traitors

  8. The Lion's Wrath

  9. A Last Chance

  10. The Hour

  11. Rumours and Conjectures

  12. Poisoned Arrows

  13. The Lady Pleads

  14. The Ruling Passion

  15. More Deaf than Adders

  16. The Game of Love





LEATHERFACE

A Tale Of Old Flanders

By Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

Prologue: Mons, September, 1572



BOOK ONE; BRUSSELS

CHAPTER

  1. The Blood Council

  2. The Subject Race

  3. The Ruling Caste

  4. Justice

  5. Vengeance



BOOK TWO: DENDERMONDE

  1. A Stranger in a Strange Land

  2. The Rebels

  3. The Watcher in the Night

  4. A Divided Duty

  5. Enemies

  6. Utter Loneliness



BOOK THREE: GHENT

  1. Reprisals

  2. My Faithful Watch-dog

  3. The Tyrants

  4. Two Pictures

  5. The Right to Die

  6. Truth and Perfidy

  7. The Last Stand

  8. The Hour of Victory

Epilogue





A SHEAF OF BLUEBELLS

By Baroness Orczy



CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE.
I. —The Masters of France 1
II. —The Return of the Natives 11
III. —The Hermits of La Vieuville 27
IV. —Kindred 42
V. —The Springtime of the Year 59
VI. —The Legend of St. Front 73
VII. —The Silent Pool 78
VIII. —The General 101
IX. —The Cooing of the Pigeons 117
X. —The Foundries of La Frontenay 126
XI. —The First Trick 143
XII. —A Fool and his Folly 157
XIII. —After a Year 174
XIV. —The Tool 188
XV. —A Note of Warning 196
XVI. —The Irreparable 212
XVII. —A Last Appeal 227
XVIII. —The Word of the Master 239
XIX. —The Parting of the Ways 254
XX. —The Straw 265
XXI. —The Crash of the Storm 279
XXII. —Heaven and Earth 296
XXIII. —An Hour's Folly 311
XXIV. —After the Storm 324
XXV. —The White Pigeon 344