The Splendid Spur

About this eBook

Author

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944

Title

The Splendid Spur Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3

Credits

Produced by Karl Hagen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6437

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6437

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SPLENDID SPUR — By Arthur T. Quiller Couch — 1897 — TO — EDWARD GWYNNE EARDLEY-WILMOT. — MY DEAR EDDIE, — Q.
2. 2.INTRODUCTORY NOTE. — “Q.” — J. M. BARRIE.
3. 3.CHAPTER I. — THE BOWLING-GREEN OF THE “CROWN.”
4. 4.CHAPTER II. — THE YOUNG MAN IN THE CLOAK OF AMBER SATIN,
5. 5.CHAPTER III. — I FIND MYSELF IN A TAVERN BRAWL: AND BARELY ESCAPE. — A. K.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. — I TAKE THE ROAD.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. — MY ADVENTURE AT THE “THREE CUPS.”
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. — THE FLIGHT IN THE PINE WOOD.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. — I FIND A COMRADE. — But I must go back a little and tell you what befell in my expedition.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. — I LOSE THE KING’S LETTER; AND AM CARRIED TO BRISTOL.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. — I BREAK OUT OF PRISON. — “D. K.”
12. 12.CHAPTER X. — CAPTAIN POTTERY AND CAPTAIN SETTLE.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. — I RIDE DOWN INTO TEMPLE: AND AM WELL TREATED THERE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. — HOW JOAN SAVED THE ARMY OF THE WEST; AND SAW THE FIGHT ON BRADDOCK DOWN.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. — I BUY A LOOKING GLASS AT BODMIN FAIR: AND MEET WITH MR. HANNIBAL — TINGCOMB.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. — I DO NO GOOD IN THE HOUSE OF GLEYS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. — I LEAVE JOAN AND RIDE TO THE WARS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. — THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD HEATH.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. — I MEET WITH A HAPPY ADVENTURE BY BURNING OF A GREEN LIGHT.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. — JOAN DOES ME HER LAST SERVICE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. — THE ADVENTURE OF THE HEARSE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. — THE ADVENTURE OF THE LEDGE; AND HOW I SHOOK HANDS WITH MY COMRADE. — THE END.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.