The Tangled Skein. Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

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       Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy

      The Tangled Skein

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664609083

Table of Contents

       PART I MIRRAB—THE WITCH

       CHAPTER I EAST MOLESEY FAIR

       CHAPTER II THE WITCH'S TENT

       CHAPTER III MISCHIEF BREWING

       CHAPTER IV FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

       CHAPTER V LADIES AND GALLANTS

       CHAPTER VI THE LADY URSULA

       CHAPTER VII HIS GRACE OF WESSEX

       CHAPTER VIII SILKEN BONDS

       CHAPTER IX THE VEILED WITCH

       PART II THE LADY URSULA

       CHAPTER X A BEVY OF FAIR MAIDENS

       CHAPTER XI THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL

       CHAPTER XII INTRIGUES

       CHAPTER XIII HIS EMINENCE

       CHAPTER XIV THE DESTINIES OF EUROPE

       CHAPTER XV THE HAND OF FATE

       CHAPTER XVI THE ULTIMATUM

       CHAPTER XVII AN ARMED TRUCE

       CHAPTER XVIII THE VEILED WITCH

       PART III A GAME OF CHESS

       CHAPTER XIX THE PAWNS

       CHAPTER XX DEPARTURE

       CHAPTER XXI THE BLACK KNIGHT

       CHAPTER XXII THE WHITE QUEEN

       CHAPTER XXIII CHECK TO THE QUEEN

       CHAPTER XXIV CHECK TO THE KING

       CHAPTER XXV THE CARDINAL'S MOVE

       CHAPTER XXVI THE PROVOCATION

       CHAPTER XXVII THE FIGHT

       CHAPTER XXVIII THE SEQUEL OF THE COMEDY

       CHAPTER XXIX CHECK-MATE

       PART IV HIS GRACE OF WESSEX

       CHAPTER XXX THOUGHTS

       CHAPTER XXXI MARYE, THE QUEENE

       CHAPTER XXXII A BARGAIN

       CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S COURT

       CHAPTER XXXIV WESTMINSTER HALL

       CHAPTER XXXV THE TRIAL

       CHAPTER XXXVI AFTERWARDS

       CHAPTER XXXVII THE CARDINAL'S PUPPETS

       CHAPTER XXXVIII THE LAST FAREWELL

       CHAPTER XXXIX A FORLORN HOPE

       CHAPTER XL POOR MIRRAB

       CHAPTER XLI THE END

PART I

       MIRRAB—THE WITCH

       Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

       EAST MOLESEY FAIR

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      Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.

      Even Noailles! Noailles, who detested England as the land of humid atmospheres and ill-dressed women!

      Renard, who was more of a diplomatist and kept his opinions on the fogs and wenches of Old England