Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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About this eBook
- Author
- Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944
- Credits
- Produced by Lionel Sear
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Corsica (France) -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 15565
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15565
- Release Date
- April 6, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. — MEMOIRS OF HIS ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE ISLAND OF CORSICA: BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 1756. — WRITTEN BY HIS SON PROSPER PALEOLOGUS OTHERWISE CONSTANTINE AND EDITED BY "Q" (A. T. QUILLER-COUCH). — TO THE READER — CONTENTS — Chapter. — I. OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. — SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE.
- 2.CHAPTER I. — OF THE LINEAGE AND CONDITION OF SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE. — CHAPTER II. — I RIDE ON A PILGRIMAGE. — THE STORY OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY. — CHAPTER III. — I ACQUIRE A KINGDOM. — CHAPTER IV. — LONG VACATION. — CHAPTER V. — THE SILENT MEN. — CHAPTER VI. — HOW MY FATHER OUT OF NOTHING BUILT AN ARMY, AND IN FIVE MINUTES PLANNED AN INVASION. — CHAPTER VII. — THE COMPANY OF THE ROSE. — CHAPTER VIII. — TRIBULATIONS OF A MAYOR — CHAPTER IX. — I ENLIST AN ARMY. — CHAPTER X. — OF THE DISCOURSE HELD ON BOARD THE "GAUNTLET." — MR. FETT'S STORY OF THE INTERRUPTED BETROTHAL. — MY FATHER'S STORY OF THE SHIPWRECKED LOVERS. — CHAPTER XI. — WE FALL IN WITH A SALLEE ROVER. — NAT FIENNES' SONG TO THE UNDISCOVERED LADY. — CHAPTER XII. — HOW WE LANDED ON THE ISLAND. — CHAPTER XIII. — HOW, WITHOUT FIGHTING, OUR ARMY WASTED BY ENCHANTMENT. — CHAPTER XIV. — HOW BY MEANS OF HER SWINE I CAME TO CIRCE. — CHAPTER XV. — I BECOME HOSTAGE TO THE PRINCESS CAMILLA. — CHAPTER XVI. — THE FOREST HUT. — CHAPTER XVII. — THE FIRST CHALLENGE. — CHAPTER XVIII. — THE TENDER MERCIES OF PRINCE CAMILLO. — CHAPTER XIX. — HOW MARC'ANTONIO NURSED ME AND GAVE ME COUNSEL. — CHAPTER XX. — I LEARN OF LIBERTY, AND AM RESTORED TO IT. — CHAPTER XXI. — OF MY FATHER'S ANABASIS; AND THE DIFFERENT TEMPERS OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND A WILD SHEEP OF CORSICA. — BILLY PRISKE'S STORY OF MY FATHER'S CAMPAIGN. — CHAPTER XXII. — THE GREAT ADVENTURE. — CHAPTER XXIII. — ORDEAL AND CHOOSING. — CHAPTER XXIV. — THE WOOING OF PRINCESS CAMILLA. — CHAPTER XXV. — MY WEDDING DAY. — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE FLAME AND THE ALTAR. — CHAPTER XXVII. — MY MISTRESS RE-ENLISTS ME. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — GENOA. — "THE GRAND DUCHESS AND HER THREE WOOERS." — CHAPTER XXIX. — VENDETTA. — CHAPTER XXX. — THE SUMMIT AND THE STARS. — POSTSCRIPT. — BY GERVASE ARUNDEL. — G.A. — FINIS
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