The Eagle of the Empire
by Cyrus Townsend Brady
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About this eBook
- Author
- Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920
- Title
- The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 20515
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20515
- Release Date
- February 4, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Little Countess takes Arms for Her Defence. — THE EAGLE OF THE EMPIRE
- 2.A STORY OF WATERLOO — By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY — AUTHOR OF "The Island of Regeneration," "The Island of the Stairs," "Britton of the Seventh," Etc. — With Frontispiece By THE KINNEYS — A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by Arrangements with GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
- 3.DEDICATION — THE MOUNT VERNON TRUST COMPANY of MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS — PROLOGUE VIVE L'EMPEREUR — Napoleon, Empereur des Français, au 5e Infanterie de la Ligne. — Grenadiers du Garde Imperiale. — "WATERLOO."
- 6.THE EMPEROR AT BAY — CHAPTER I — BEARERS OF EVIL TIDINGS — CHAPTER II — THE EMPEROR DREAMS — CHAPTER III — THE ARMY MARCHES AWAY — CHAPTER IV — MARTEAU AND BAL-ARRÊT RIDE — CHAPTER V — WHEN THE COSSACKS PASSED — CHAPTER VI — MARTEAU BARGAINS FOR THE WOMAN — CHAPTER VII — A RESCUE AND A SIEGE — CHAPTER VIII — A TRIAL OF ALLEGIANCE — CHAPTER IX — THE EMPEROR EATS AND RIDES — CHAPTER X — HOW MARTEAU WON THE CROSS — CHAPTER XI — AN EMPEROR AND A GENTLEMAN — CHAPTER XII — AN ALLIANCE DECLINED — CHAPTER XIII — THE THUNDERBOLT STROKE — CHAPTER XIV — THE HAMMER OF THE WAR GOD
- 7.THE EAGLE'S FLIGHT — CHAPTER XV — THE BRIDGE AT ARCIS — CHAPTER XVI — THE GATE IN THE WALL — CHAPTER XVII — A VETERAN OF THE ARMY OF ITALY — CHAPTER XVIII — ALMOST A GENTLEMAN — CHAPTER XIX — THE GREAT HONOR ROLL — CHAPTER XX — WHEN THE VIOLETS BLOOM AGAIN — CHAPTER XXI — LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT — CHAPTER XXII — IN THE COUNTESS LAURE'S BED-CHAMBER — CHAPTER XXIII — THE MARQUIS GRANTS AN INTERVIEW — CHAPTER XXIV — ON THE WHOLE DEATH MAY BE BETTER THAN LIFE — CHAPTER XXV — NOT EVEN LOVE CAN FIND A WAY — CHAPTER XXVI — THEY MEET A LION IN THE WAY — CHAPTER XXVII — COMRADE! GENERAL! EMPEROR!
- 8.THE LAST TRY — CHAPTER XXVIII — AT THE STAMP OF THE EMPEROR'S FOOT — CHAPTER XXIX — WATERLOO—THE FINAL REVIEW — CHAPTER XXX — WATERLOO—THE CHARGE OF D'ERLON — CHAPTER XXXI — WATERLOO—THE LAST OF THE GUARD — CHAPTER XXXII — AT LAST THE EAGLE AND THE WOMAN
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