Under the Rose
by Frederic Stewart Isham
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About this eBook
- Author
- Isham, Frederic Stewart, 1866-1922
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Courts and courtiers -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 23675
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23675
- Release Date
- December 2, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Kneeling, he received it. — UNDER THE ROSE — by
- 2.Frederic S. Isham — Author of The Strollers — With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy — The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers : Indianapolis
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Kneeling, he received it . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — Taking the book, he opened it at random, mechanically sinking at her feet. — He threw the dregs of his glass in the face of the jester. — He looked not at the young girl, but calmly met the scrutiny of the king. — UNDER THE ROSE — CHAPTER I — A NEST OF NINNIES — CHAPTER II — A ROYAL EAVESDROPPER — CHAPTER III — A GIFT FOR THE DUKE — CHAPTER IV — AN IMPATIENT SUITOR — CHAPTER V — JACQUELINE FETCHES THE PRINCESS' FAN — Taking the book, he opened it at random, mechanically sinking at her feet. — CHAPTER VI — THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE — CHAPTER VII — THE COURT OF LOVE — CHAPTER VIII — A BRIEF TRUCE — CHAPTER IX — THE FLIGHT OF THE FOOL — CHAPTER X — THE FOOL RETURNS TO THE CASTLE — CHAPTER XI — A NEW MESSENGER TO THE EMPEROR — CHAPTER XII — THE DUKE ENTERS THE LISTS — CHAPTER XIII — A CHAPLET FOR THE DUKE — CHAPTER XIV — AN EARLY-MORNING VISIT — CHAPTER XV — A NEW DISCOVERY — CHAPTER XVI — TIDINGS FROM THE COURT — CHAPTER XVII — JACQUELINE'S QUEST — CHAPTER XVIII — THE SECRET OF THE JESTRESS — CHAPTER XIX — A FIGURE IN THE MOONLIGHT — He threw the dregs of his glass in the face of the jester. — CHAPTER XX — AN UNEQUAL CONFLICT — CHAPTER XXI — THE DESERTED HUT — CHAPTER XXII — THE TALE OF THE SWORD — CHAPTER XXIII — THE DWARF MAKES AN EARLY CALL — CHAPTER XXIV — AN ENCOUNTER AT THE BRIDGE — CHAPTER XXV — IN THE TENT OF THE EMPEROR — CHAPTER XXVI — THE DEBT OF NATURE — CHAPTER XXVII — A MAID OF FRANCE — CHAPTER XXVIII — THE FAVORITE IS ALARMED — CHAPTER XXIX — THE FAVORITE IS REASSURED — He looked not at the young girl, but calmly met the scrutiny of the king.
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