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The Constable de Bourbon

The Constable de Bourbon

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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Author
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Title
The Constable De Bourbon
Credits
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Bourbon, Charles, duc de, 1490-1527 -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
49681
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49681
Release Date
August 11, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE CONSTABLE DE BOURBON
  2. 2.By William Ainsworth — 1878
  3. 3.BOOK I.—THE AFFRONT.
  4. 4.I. FONTAINEBLEAU.
  5. 5.II. FRANÇOIS I.
  6. 6.III. LOUISE DE SAVOIE.
  7. 7.IV. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE KING AND BOURBON.
  8. 8.V. THE DAME DE BEAUJEU. — END OF THE FIRST BOOK
  9. 9.BOOK II.—THE FLIGHT.
  10. 10.I. THE SECRET TREATY.
  11. 11.II. HOW SAINT-VALLIER REMONSTRATED WITH THE CONSTABLE.
  12. 12.III. SHOWING HOW THE PLOT PROGRESSED.
  13. 13.IV. THE COMTE DE MAULEVRIER.
  14. 14.V. WHAT PASSED IN THE SICK MAN'S CHAMBER.
  15. 15.VI. DIANE DE POITIERS.
  16. 16.VII. PEROT DE WARTHY.
  17. 17.VIII. HOW BOURBON QUITTED THE CHATEAU DE MOULINS,
  18. 18.IX. CHANTELLE.
  19. 19.X. HOW THE BISHOP OF AUTUN AND THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIER WERE — ARRESTED.
  20. 20.XI. MARCELLINE D'HERMENT.
  21. 21.XII. THE CHATEAU DE LALLIÈRES.
  22. 22.XIII. THE MOUNTAIN HOSTELRY.
  23. 23.XIV. THE MILL AT SAINT-SIMPHORIEN.
  24. 24.XV. VIENNE
  25. 25.XVI. THE ROCK. IN THE RHONE.
  26. 26.XVII. THE INN AT SAINT-ANDRE
  27. 27.XVIII. SAINT-CLAUDE.
  28. 28.XIX. IN WHAT MANNER BOURBON ENTERED BESANÇON. — END OF THE SECOND BOOK
  29. 29.BOOK III.—THE CHEVALIER BAYARD.
  30. 30.I. HOW THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIEr's PARDON WAS OBTAINED.
  31. 31.II. HOW BOURBON WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OP THE IMPERIAL ARMY.
  32. 32.III. THE TWO ARMIES IN THE MILANESE.
  33. 33.IV. HOW THE DUKE DE BOURBON ENTERED MILAN.
  34. 34.V. THE CONTESSA DI CHIERI.
  35. 35.VI. HOW BOURBON ASSUMED THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY.
  36. 36.VII. HOW BONNIVET RESOLVED TO RETREAT FROM NOVARA.
  37. 37.VIII. IN WHICH BAYARD RELATES HIS DREAM TO DE LORGES. — IX. THE RETREAT OF ROMAGNANO. — END OF THE THIRD BOOK
  38. 38.BOOK IV.—THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES.
  39. 39.I. MONCALIERI.
  40. 40.II. THE CASTLE OF MONACO.
  41. 41.III. HOW BOURBON WAS PROCLAIMED COMTE DE PROVENCE.
  42. 42.IV. SHOWING HOW MARSEILLES WAS FORTIFIED,
  43. 43.V. IN WHAT MANNER POMPERANT ENTERED MARSEILLES.
  44. 44.VI. “THE BASILISK.”
  45. 45.VII. THE AMAZONS.
  46. 46.VIII. SHOWING HOW THE BISHOP'S PALACE AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT CANNAT — WERE DEMOLISHED.
  47. 47.IX. LES TRANCHERS DES DAMES.
  48. 48.X. HOW POMPERANT FURNISHED A SAFE-CONDUCT TO THE DEPUTIES TO THE KING.
  49. 49.XI. HOW TOULON WAS BESIEGED AND TAKEN BY THE MARQUIS DEL VASTO.
  50. 50.XII. AVIGNON.
  51. 51.XIII. HOW POMPERANT WAS ORDERED FOR, EXECUTION.
  52. 52.XVI. THE MINE.
  53. 53.XV. HOW THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES WAS RAISED. — END OF THE FOURTH BOOK
  54. 54.BOOK V.-THE BATTLE OF PAVIA
  55. 55.I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. SET OUT FOR ITALY, AND HOW HE ENTERED MILAN.
  56. 56.II. BONNIVET'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE COMTESSA DI CHIERI.
  57. 57.IV. OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY ANTONIO DE LEYVA.
  58. 58.V. GEORGE VON FRUNDSBERG.
  59. 59.VI. HOW FRANÇOIS I. REFUSED TO RAISE THE SIEGE OF PAVIA.
  60. 60.VII. IN WHAT MANNER POMERRANT PROCURED A SUPPLY OP POWDER FOR THE — GOVERNOR OF PAVIA.
  61. 61.VIII. HOW MARCELLINE D'HERMENT CAME TO PAVIA TO SOLICIT HER BROTHER'S — PARDON PROM THE KING.
  62. 62.IX. HOW PESCARA CAUSED A BREACH TO BE MADE IN THE WALLS OF THE PARK. OF — MIRABELLO.
  63. 63.X. THE BATTLE.
  64. 64.XI. HOW BONNIVET WAS SLAIN BY BOURBON.
  65. 65.XII. HOW THE KING SURRENDERED TO THE VICEROY OF NAPLES. — BONUM MIHI QUIA HUMILIA STI ME, UT DISCAM JUSTIFICATIONES TUAS. — END OF THE FIFTH BOOK.
  66. 66.BOOK VI.—CHARLES V.
  67. 67.I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. WAS TAKEN TO MADRID, AND CONFINED IN A MOORISH — CASTLE. — 33?
  68. 68.II. HOW THE TREATY OF MADRID WAS SIGNED. — END OF THE SIXTH BOOK
  69. 69.BOOK VII.—THE SACK OF ROME.
  70. 70.I. HOW VON FRUNDSBERG ONCE MORE ENTERED ITALY WITH HIS LANZ-KNECHTS.
  71. 71.II. HOW BOURBON COMMENCED HIS MARCH TO HOME.
  72. 72.III. HOW BOURBON REACHED THE APENNINES.
  73. 73.IV. THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
  74. 74.V. HOW LANNOY VAINLY ATTEMPTED TO ARREST BOURBON'S MARCH.
  75. 75.VI. VON FRUNDSBERG'S LAST CAROUSE.
  76. 76.VIII. HOW BOURBON AND HIS BANDS ARRIVED BEFORE ROME. — VIII. BENVENUTO CELLINI.
  77. 77.IX. THE FIRST SHOT FROM THE WALLS.
  78. 78.X. IN SAINT PETER'S. — THE END.

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