Valperga Volume 2 (of 3)

About this eBook

Author

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Title

Valperga Volume 2 (of 3) or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca

Credits

Produced by Amanda Fish and Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Lucca (Italy) -- History -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

63338

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63338

Release Date

September 29, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.VALPERGA: — OR, THE — LIFE AND ADVENTURES — OF — CASTRUCCIO, — PRINCE OF LUCCA. — BY THE AUTHOR OF "FRANKENSTEIN." — IN THREE VOLUMES. — VOL. II. — LONDON: — PRINTED FOR G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE. — CONTENTS — VALPERGA — CHAPTER I — Conference of Castruccio and Galeazzo Visconti—of Castruccio and the Bishop of Ferrara. — CHAPTER II — Parentage of Beatrice.—She is arrested by the Inquisition. — CHAPTER III — Judgement of God.—Revolution of Ferrara. — CHAPTER IV — Fall of Beatrice. — CHAPTER V — Visit to Pepi at Cremona. — CHAPTER VI — Galeazzo Visconti at Florence.—Castruccio and Euthanasia meet at Valperga: Doubts and Reserve. — CHAPTER VII — Castruccio exiles three hundred Families from Lucca—Visits at Valperga—His Character further developed. — CHAPTER VIII — Beatrice, disguised as a Pilgrim, visits Valperga.—Castruccio relates her Story. — CHAPTER IX — Castruccio plots the Assassination of Robert King of Naples.—Made Prince of Lucca.—Declares War against Florence.—Plot for a Revolution in Lucca defeated.—Castruccio summons Valperga. — CHAPTER X — Castruccio reconnoitres for a Surprise.—Embassy of Tripalda. — CHAPTER XI — Valperga taken. — CHAPTER XII — Euthanasia at Lucca. — END OF VOLUME II.

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