Darkness and Dawn

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Author

Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William), 1831-1903

Title

Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale

Credits

Produced by Richard Hulse, Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47825

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47825

Release Date

December 31, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DARKNESS AND DAWN OR SCENES IN THE DAYS OF NERO
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA
5. 5.CHAPTER II AGRIPPINA AND NERO
6. 6.CHAPTER III INSTRUMENTA IMPERII
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE CRIME
8. 8.CHAPTER V THE MOCKERY OF DEATH
9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE ACCESSION OF NERO
10. 10.CHAPTER VII SENECA AND HIS FAMILY
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII SENECA AND HIS VISITORS
12. 12.CHAPTER IX NERO AND HIS COMPANIONS
13. 13.CHAPTER X PRINCE BRITANNICUS.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI ‘A FOREIGN SUPERSTITION’
15. 15.CHAPTER XII ONESIMUS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV MOTHER AND SON
18. 18.CHAPTER XV EMPEROR AND ÆSTHETE.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI EVENTS IN THE VILLA POLLUX
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII AMUSEMENTS OF AN EMPEROR
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII VESPASIAN’S FARM
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX OTHO’S SUPPER AND WHAT CAME OF IT
23. 23.CHAPTER XX BROTHER AND SISTER
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI AMONG THE CHRISTIANS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII BRITANNICUS AND HIS SONG
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII PERILS OF BRITANNICUS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV BRITANNICUS UNDERGOES A NEW EXPERIENCE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV LOCUSTA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI A BANQUET AND A CONVERSATION
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII DEATH IN THE GOBLET
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII THE LAST OF THE CLAUDII
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX AGRIPPINA AT BAY
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX A PRIVATE TRIAL
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI THE INTERIOR OF A SLAVE-PRISON
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII WANDERINGS OF AN OUTCAST
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII TITUS AND THE VESTAL
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV AN EVIL EPOCH
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV THE MATRICIDE
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI SELF-AVENGED
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII VICTOR OVER THE PUBLIC SERVITUDE
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GLADIATORS’ SCHOOL
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX THE FIGHT IN THE ARENA
43. 43.CHAPTER XL THE SPOLIARIUM
44. 44.CHAPTER XLI THE KING OF THE GROVE
45. 45.CHAPTER XLII A MASSACRE OF SLAVES
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII A NOTABLE PRISONER
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV A SUPPER AT VESPASIAN’S
48. 48.CHAPTER XLV POPPÆA VICTRIX
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI THE DEATH OF OCTAVIA
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII A FETTERED AMBASSADOR
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII ENSLAVED AND FREE
52. 52.CHAPTER XLIX THE DEPTHS OF SATAN
53. 53.CHAPTER L A CITY IN FLAMES
54. 54.CHAPTER LI AN INFERNAL SUGGESTION
55. 55.CHAPTER LII ALITURUS AMONG THE CHRISTIANS
56. 56.CHAPTER LIII ‘HE WHO SAW THE APOCALYPSE’
57. 57.CHAPTER LIV IN THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE
58. 58.CHAPTER LV TWO MARTYRDOMS
59. 59.CHAPTER LVI LIVING TORCHES
60. 60.CHAPTER LVII A CONSPIRACY AND ITS COLLAPSE
61. 61.CHAPTER LVIII THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SENECA
62. 62.CHAPTER LIX THE AGONY OF AN EMPRESS
63. 63.CHAPTER LX THE DOOM OF VIRTUE
64. 64.CHAPTER LXI BEFORE THE LION
65. 65.CHAPTER LXII NERO IN GREECE
66. 66.CHAPTER LXIII MUTTERING THUNDER
67. 67.CHAPTER LXIV AT THE THREE FOUNTAINS
68. 68.CHAPTER LXV IN THE CLUTCH OF NEMESIS
69. 69.CHAPTER LXVI L’ENVOI
70. 70.Footnotes
71. 71.NOTES
72. 72.Transcriber’s Notes:

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