The historical nights' entertainment : second series
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- The historical nights' entertainment : second series
- Publication year listed
- 1919
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The historical nights' entertainment : second series
Author: Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950
Year: 1919
The absolution, Affonso Henriques, first King of Portugal.--The false Demetrius, Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible.--The hermosa febra, an episode of the Inquisition in Seville.--The pastry cook of Madrigal, the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal.--The end of the vert galant, the assassination of Henry IV.--The barren wooing, the murder of Amy Robsart.--Sir Judas, the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh.--His Insolence of Buckingham, George Villiers courtship of Anne of Austria.--The path of exile, the fall of Lord Clarendon.--The tragedy of Herrenhausen, Count Philip Königsmark and Princess Sophia Dorothea.--The tyrannicide, Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat