The Closed Book

About this eBook

Author

Le Queux, William, 1864-1927

Title

The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40828

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40828

Release Date

September 22, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Concerning the Secret of the Borgias" — Chapter One. — Which Mainly Concerns a Hunchback. — Chapter Two. — The Priest and the Book. — Chapter Three. — In which the Prior is Mysterious. — Chapter Four. — By the Tideless Sea. — Chapter Five. — Shows Something Suspicious. — Chapter Six. — The Opening of the Book. — Chapter Seven. — Forbidden Folios. — Chapter Eight. — Concerns a Woman’s Serfdom. — Chapter Nine. — Doctor Pellegrini’s Opinion. — Chapter Ten. — Across Europe. — Chapter Eleven. — The Old Lady from Paris. — Chapter Twelve. — The Sign of the Bear Cub. — Chapter Thirteen. — What the Watchers Saw. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Counsel of Friends. — Chapter Fifteen. — The Old Monk’s Secret. — Chapter Sixteen. — Continues the Record. — Chapter Seventeen. — Contains Forbidden Knowledge. — Chapter Eighteen. — Lady Judith Speaks. — Chapter Nineteen. — The Hand and the Glove. — Chapter Twenty. — Walter Wyman Rejoins me. — Chapter Twenty One. — We Make Preliminary Investigation. — Chapter Twenty Two. — What Happened at Crowland. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Tactics of the Enemy. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Forestalled. — Chapter Twenty Five. — What the Buried Chest Contained. — Chapter Twenty Six. — A Discovery in Harpur Street. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — If you Knew the Truth. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Stranger in Black. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Some Explanations. — Chapter Thirty. — Humours of a House Party. — Chapter Thirty One. — Under the Gallows Knob. — Chapter Thirty Two. — The Major Makes a Statement. — Chapter Thirty Three. — Will the Sun Shine? — Chapter Thirty Four. — The Red Bull of the Borgias. — Chapter Thirty Five. — What we Found at Threave. — Chapter Thirty Six. — Shows the Actual Spot at Crowland. — Chapter Thirty Seven. — In which I Enter the House of Mystery. — Chapter Thirty Eight. — The Room of the Bear Cub. — Chapter Thirty Nine. — Contains Lord Glenelg’s Story. — Chapter Forty. — By which the Book Remains open.

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