Count Hannibal

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Count Hannibal (1901)
by Stanley J. Weyman
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Mr, Weyman here returns from his recent incursions into English eighteenth-century life to that of France in earlier days. This semi-historical romance has not always the compact force of Mr, Weyman's earlier French tales, but it certainly does not lack of action, and some of the characters are clearcut—most of all Count Hannibal de Tavannes himself, a nobleman who fights for the king against the Huguenots (the story begins with the St. Bartholomew massacre), and who loves even better than he fights. —From "Books of the Week," Outlook magazine, Dec 1901.

... taken altogether, the book is one of his most successful productions. It must be confessed, however, that it smacks of formula, and scarcely strikes one as having obsessed the author. —From The Literary Digest, January 4 1902

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COUNT HANNIBAL

[Front matter]

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By the Same Author.

THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF.
THE NEW RECTOR.
THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE.
A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.
THE MAN IN BLACK.
UNDER THE RED ROBE.
MY LADY ROTHA.
THE RED COCKADE.
A MINISTER OF FRANCE.
SHREWSBURY.
THE CASTLE INN.
SOPHIA.

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COUNT HANNIBAL

A ROMANCE
OF THE COURT OF FRANCE

BY
STANLEY J. WEYMAN

AUTHOR OF
"A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE," "UNDER THE RED ROBE," "THE CASTLE INN," ETC.

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE
1901

(All rights reserved)

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PRINTED BY

WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

LONDON AND BECCLES.

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SORORI

SUÂ CAUSSÂ CARAE

PIO ERGA MATREM AMORE

ETIAM CARIORI

HOC FRATER.

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Contents.

  1. chapterpage
  2. I. Crimson Favours 1
  3. II. Hannibal de Saulx, Comte de Tavannes 13
  4. III. The House next the Golden Maid 26
  5. IV. The Eve of the Feast 33
  6. V. A Rough Wooing 43
  7. VI. "Who touches Tavannes?" 53
  8. VII. In the Amphitheatre 63
  9. VIII. Two Hens and an Egg 74
  10. IX. Unstable 85
  11. X. Madame St. Lo 92
  12. XI. A Bargain 102
  13. XII. In the Hall of the Louvre 113
  14. XIII. Diplomacy 126
  15. XIV. Too Short a Spoon 139
  16. XV. The Brother of St. Magloire 149
  17. XVI. At Close Quarters 158
  18. XVII. The Duel 164
  19. XVIII. Andromeda, Perseus being absent 177
  20. XIX. In the Orléannais 187
  21. XX. On the Castle Hill 197
  22. XXI. She would, and would not 206
  23. XXII. Playing with Fire 216
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  24. XXIII. A Mind, and not a Mind 226
  25. XXIV. At the King's Inn 237
  26. XXV. The Company of the Bleeding Heart 248
  27. XXVI. Temper 256
  28. XXVII. The Black Town 263
  29. XXVIII. In the Little Chapter-house 278
  30. XXIX. The Escape 288
  31. XXX. Sacrilege! 302
  32. XXXI. The Flight from Angers 309
  33. XXXII. The Ordeal by Steel 319
  34. XXXIII. The Ambush 325
  35. XXXIV. "Which will you, Madame?" 338
  36. XXXV. Against the Wall 349
  37. XXXVI. His Kingdom 360

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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