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Count Hannibal A Romance Of The Court Of France
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Count Hannibal A Romance Of The Court Of France written by Stanley John Weyman and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Courts and courtiers categories.
He shouldered his way through the circle of courtiers, who barred the road to the presence, and in part hid her from observation. He pushed past the table at which Charles and the Comte de Rochefoucauld had been playing primero, and at which the latter still sat, trifling idly with the cards. Three more paces, and he reached the King, who stood in the ruelle with Rambouillet and the Italian Marshal. It was the latter who, a moment before, had summoned his Majesty from his game. Mademoiselle, watching him go, saw so much; so much, and the King’s roving eyes and haggard face, and the four figures, posed apart in the fuller light of the upper half of the Chamber. Then the circle of courtiers came together before her, and she sat back on her stool. A fluttering, long-drawn sigh escaped her. Now, if she could slip out and make her escape! Now—she looked round. She was not far from the door; to withdraw seemed easy. But a staring, whispering knot of gentlemen and pages blocked the way; and the girl, ignorant of the etiquette of the Court, and with no more than a week’s experience of Paris, had not the courage to rise and pass alone through the group. She had come to the Louvre this Saturday evening under the wing of Madame d’Yverne, her fiancé’s cousin. By ill-hap Madame had been summoned to the Princess Dowager’s closet, and perforce had left her. Still, Mademoiselle had her betrothed, and in his charge had sat herself down to wait, nothing loth, in the great gallery, where all was bustle and gaiety and entertainment. For this, the seventh day of the fêtes, held to celebrate the marriage of the King of Navarre and Charles’s sister—a marriage which was to reconcile the two factions of the Huguenots and the Catholics, so long at war—saw the Louvre as gay, as full, and as lively as the first of the fête days had found it; and in the humours of the throng, in the ceaseless passage of masks and maids of honour, guards and bishops, Swiss in the black, white, and green of Anjou, and Huguenot nobles in more sombre habits, the country-bred girl had found recreation and to spare. Until gradually the evening had worn away and she had begun to feel nervous; and M. de Tignonville, her betrothed, placing her in the embrasure of a window, had gone to seek Madame. She had waited for a time without much misgiving; expecting each moment to see him return. He would be back before she could count a hundred; he would be back before she could number the leagues that separated her from her beloved province, and the home by the Biscay Sea, to which even in that brilliant scene her thoughts turned fondly. But the minutes had passed, and passed, and he had not returned. Worse, in his place Tavannes—not the Marshal, but his brother, Count Hannibal—had found her; he, whose odious court, at once a menace and an insult, had subtly enveloped her for a week past. He had sat down beside her, he had taken possession of her, and, profiting by her inexperience, had played on her fears and smiled at her dislike. Finally, whether she would or no, he had swept her with him into the Chamber. The rest had been an obsession, a nightmare, from which only the King’s voice summoning Tavannes to his side had relieved her.
Count Hannibal
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Author : Weyman Stanley John
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-23
Count Hannibal written by Weyman Stanley John and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.
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Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley J. Weyman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-01-22
Count Hannibal written by Stanley J. Weyman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-22 with categories.
M. de Tavannes smiled. Mademoiselle averted her eyes, and shivered; as if the air, even of that close summer night, entering by the door at her elbow, chilled her. And then came a welcome interruption. "Tavannes!" "Sire!" Count Hannibal rose slowly. The King had called, and he had no choice but to obey and go. Yet he hung a last moment over his companion, his hateful breath stirring her hair. "Our pleasure is cut short too soon, Mademoiselle," he said, in the tone, and with the look, she loathed. "But for a few hours only. We shall meet to-morrow. Or, it may be-earlier." She did not answer, and "Tavannes!" the King repeated with violence. "Tavannes! Mordieu!" his Majesty continued, looking round furiously. "Will no one fetch him? Sacre nom, am I King, or a dog of a-""
Count Hannibal A Romance Of The Court Of France
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
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Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Count Hannibal written by Stanley John Weyman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with categories.
"It is seldom that one runs across a historical novel the plot of which is so ably sustained, the characters so strongly drawn, the local color or atmosphere so satisfactory....'Count Hannibal' is the strongest and most interesting novel as yet written by this popular author." -Boston Times "Stanley J. Weyman has had hundreds of imitators since he wrote 'A Gentleman of France,' but no man has yet surpassed him. I know of no book in the whole list of popular favorites that hold one's interest more intensely or more continuously than 'Count Hannibal' does. And what an insistent, throat-griping interest it is! Such a story has zest for the most jaded palate; nay, it can hold the interest even of a book reviewer. From the first page to the last there is not a moment when one's desire to finish the book weakens. Along with the ordinary interest of curiosity there goes that of a delightful and unique love story involving no little skill in character delineation.," -Record-Herald, Chicago "A spirited, tersely interesting and most vivid story of scenes and incidents and portrayals of various characters that lived and fought and bled in the lurid days that saw the massacre of St. Bartholomew....This is Mr. Weyman's most graphic and realistic novel." -Picayune, New Orleans "Mr. Weyman has surpassed himself in 'Count Hannibal.' The scene of the story is laid chiefly in Paris, at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew....We are made to grasp the soul of Count Hannibal and are tacitly asked to let its envelope take care of itself....Never has Mr. Weyman achieved, in fact, a higher degree of verisimilitude. 'Count Hannibal' may leave us breathless with his despotic methods, but he is not abnormal; he is one of the Frenchman who shared the temper which made the St. Bartholomew, and he is intensely human too....how the tangle of events in which he and half a dozen others are involved is straightened out we refrain from disclosing. The reader who once takes up this book will want to find all this out for himself." -New York Tribune "A story in Mr. Weyman's best vein, with the crimson horror of St. Bartholomew as an historical setting. 'Count Hannibal' is a worthy companion of 'A Gentleman of France' and 'The Red Cockade,' and Mr. Weyman's hand is as cunning as ever in fashioning a romance which will send a thrill through the most jaded reader and keep even a reviewer from his bed." -The Bookman, London "The book is rapid, is absorbing, and the hero is a distinctly interesting character in himself, apart from his deeds of daring." -Athenaeum "Mr. Stanley Weyman's 'Count Hannibal' is fully worthy of his great reputation - the style is brilliant, easy and clear; the invention of subject and the turns of fortune in the story surprising; above all, the subtle painting of a man and a woman's heart is done with inexhaustible knowledge." -Guardian "A picturesque and vigorous romance. The narrative will be followed with breathless interest." -Times, London
Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Count Hannibal written by Stanley John Weyman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with categories.
"[...] CHAPTER I. CRIMSON FAVOURS. M. de Tavannes smiled. Mademoiselle averted her eyes, and shivered; as if the air, even of that close summer night, entering by the door at her elbow, chilled her. And then came a welcome interruption. "Tavannes!" "Sire!" Count Hannibal rose slowly. The King had called, and he had no choice but to obey and go. Yet he hung a last moment over his companion, his hateful breath stirring her hair. "Our pleasure is cut short too soon, Mademoiselle," he said, in the [...]".
Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley . Weyman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Count Hannibal written by Stanley . Weyman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with categories.
"It is very seldom that one runs across a historical novel the plot of which is so ably sustained, the characters so strongly drawn, the local color or atmosphere so satisfactory.... 'Count Hannibal' is the strongest and most interesting novel as yet written by this popular author."--Boston Times.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]
Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley John 1855-1928 Weyman
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Count Hannibal written by Stanley John 1855-1928 Weyman and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with History categories.
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Historical Romances Under The Red Robe Count Hannibal A Gentleman Of France
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29
Historical Romances Under The Red Robe Count Hannibal A Gentleman Of France written by Stanley John Weyman and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with Fiction categories.
"Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France" presents the collection of three historical adventure novels by Stanley John Weyman. Written over 100 years ago, they represent the events of the mid 17th century and grant a reader a lot of adventure, mysteries, court intrigues, and much more.
Count Hannibal
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Author : Stanley John Weyman
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
Count Hannibal written by Stanley John Weyman and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Fiction categories.
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