The Days of Chivalry

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Author

Quatrelles, 1826-1893

Title

The Days of Chivalry; Or, The Legend of Croquemitaine

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

France -- History -- Humor

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 44428

Release Date

December 14, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY — OR THE LEGEND OF CROQUEMITAINE
2. 2.By Ernest Louis Victor Jules L’Epine — Freely Translated From The French of L’epine by Tom Hood.
3. 3.Illustrated With 177 Designs on Wood BY GUSTAVE DORÉ.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.BOOK THE FIRST — THE TOURNEY AT FRONSAC — A.D. 769.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. CHARLEMAGNE.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. WHICH THE AUTHOR CONGRATULATES HIMSELF ON NOT HAVING TO READ.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. CHARLEMAGNE’S CORTEGE.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. HOW GANELON, COUNT OF MAYENCE, WAS NEARLY SMOKED IN THE COMPANY OF TWO HOGS, AND WHAT FOLLOWED THEREAFTER.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. ANGOULAFFRE OF THE BRAZEN TEETH, GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MURAD’S THREE WHIMS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. A FORMIDABLE FRIEND.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. WHEREIN THE GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM BEGINS TO SHOW HIS TEETH.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. WHEREIN THE EAGLE STOOPS, THE RAVEN CROAKS, THE WOLF HOWLS, AND THE LION ROARS.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. ANGOULAFFRE THE MERCIFUL!
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. HOW ANGOULAFFRE HAD AN ATTACK OF TOOTHACHE, WHICH WAS THE DEATH OF HIM.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ANGOULAFFRE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE TWO ROGUES RELEASED.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE CORSELET OF CAMBRIC.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. MONTJOIE! MONTJOIE! ST. DENIS!
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. A FUNERAL MARCH. — END OF THE FIRST BOOK,
22. 22.BOOK THE SECOND — THE PROPHET’S PARADISE.
23. 23.CHAPTER I. HOW CROQUEMITAINE WAS CHRISTENED.
24. 24.CHAPTER II. THE KING OF BEAUTY,
25. 25.CHAPTER III. HOW THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE SAW A VISION.
26. 26.CHAPTER IV. HOW KING MARSILLUS SAW A VISION.
27. 27.CHAPTER V. THE TWO ALCALDES.
28. 28.CHAPTER VI. CHARLEMAGNE IN SPAIN.
29. 29.CHAPTER VII. THE TRAP.
30. 30.CHAPTER VIII. HOW ROLAND UNDERTOOK TO CARRY SARAGOSSA BY STORM.
31. 31.CHAPTER IX. A TRIP TO MAHOMET’S PARADISE.
32. 32.CHAPTER X. WHEN ROLAND REMEMBERS HIS LATIN, AND THE DEVIL FORGETS HIS. — END OF THE SECOND BOOK.
33. 33.BOOK THE THIRD — THE FORTRESS OF FEAR.
34. 34.CHAPTER I. THE FOUR FOES OF CROQUEMITAINE.
35. 35.CHAPTER II. THE SIGN OF THE CROCODILE.
36. 36.CHAPTER III. HOW ALLEGRIGNAC, MARAGOUGNIA, PORC-EN-TRUIE, AND MONT-ROGNON OPENED THE CAMPAIGN.
37. 37.CHAPTER IV. ALI PÉPÉ’S LITTLE HARVEST.
38. 38.CHAPTER V. HOW ALI PÉPÉ, HAVING DONE ALL THAT COULD BE EXPECTED OF AN HONEST MAN, WAS HANGED.
39. 39.CHAPTER VI. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, FACE TO FACE!
40. 40.CHAPTER VII. MITAINE OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
41. 41.CHAPTER VIII. THROUGH THE FORESTS.
42. 42.CHAPTER IX. A NIGHT IN THE FORTRESS OF FEAR. — END OF THE THIRD BOOK
43. 43.EPILOGUE — RONCESVALLES — A. D. 778. — THE END.

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