Spears of Destiny

About this eBook

Author

Smith, Arthur D. Howden (Arthur Douglas Howden), 1887-1945

Title

Spears of destiny : A story of the first capture of Constantinople

Original Publication

United States: George H. Doran Company, 1919.

Credits

Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1203-1204 -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70872

Release Date

May 27, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SPEARS OF DESTINY — CHAPTER I IN CROWDEN WOOD — CHAPTER II STRANGERS AT BLANCHERIVE — CHAPTER III THE KNIFE IN THE TWILIGHT — CHAPTER IV THE JONGLEUR AND THE GREENWOOD MEN — CHAPTER V HUGH GAINS A FRIEND — CHAPTER VI THE SWART SHIPMAN — CHAPTER VII THE SEA-WOLVES — CHAPTER VIII SPEARS OF DESTINY — CHAPTER IX THE COMRADES TAKE THE CROSS — CHAPTER X HOW HUGH WAS TESTED — CHAPTER XI THE GREEN GONDOLA — CHAPTER XII THE ISLE OF RABBITS — CHAPTER XIII IN THE POWER OF THE DOGE — CHAPTER XIV THE BARGAIN OF THE HOST — CHAPTER XV HUGH'S ENEMIES STRIKE AGAIN — CHAPTER XVI THE IMPERIAL CITY — CHAPTER XVII HOW HUGH WON KNIGHTHOOD — CHAPTER XVIII THE STORMING OF THE WALLS — CHAPTER XIX HOW THE FALSE ALEXIUS FLED — CHAPTER XX TREACHERY — CHAPTER XXI HOW HUGH'S QUEST WAS ENDED — CHAPTER XXII THE TREASURE OF THE BUCOLEON — CHAPTER XXIIII HOW BARTOLOMMEO TRUSTED A STRANGE JAILER — CHAPTER XXIV HOW THE COMRADES RODE TO BLACHERNAE — CHAPTER XXV VENGEANCE — CHAPTER XXVI LORDS OF THE WORLD — EPILOGUE

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