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The Last of the Barons — Volume 04
by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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BOOK IV. - INTRIGUES OF THE COURT OF EDWARD IV. - CHAPTER I. - MARGARET OF ANJOU.
CHAPTER II. - IN WHICH ARE LAID OPEN TO THE READER THE CHARACTER OF EDWARD THE FOURTH AND THAT OF HIS COURT, WITH THE MACHINATIONS OF THE WOODVILLES AGAINST THE EARL OF WARWICK.
CHAPTER III. - WHEREIN MASTER NICHOLAS ALWYN VISITS THE COURT, AND THERE LEARNS MATTER OF WHICH THE ACUTE READER WILL JUDGE FOR HIMSELF.
CHAPTER IV. - EXHIBITING THE BENEFITS WHICH ROYAL PATRONAGE CONFERS ON GENIUS,—ALSO THE EARLY LOVES OF THE LORD HASTINGS; WITH OTHER MATTERS EDIFYING AND DELECTABLE.
CHAPTER V. - THE WOODVILLE INTRIGUE PROSPERS.—MONTAGU CONFERS WITH HASTINGS, VISITS THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, AND IS MET ON THE ROAD BY A STRANGE PERSONAGE.
CHAPTER VI. - THE ARRIVAL OF THE COUNT DE LA ROCHE, AND THE VARIOUS EXCITEMENT PRODUCED ON MANY PERSONAGES BY THAT EVENT.
CHAPTER VII. - THE RENOWNED COMBAT BETWEEN SIR ANTHONY WOODVILLE AND THE BASTARD OF BURGUNDY.
CHAPTER VIII. - HOW THE BASTARD OF BURGUNDY PROSPERED MORE IN HIS POLICY THAN WITH THE POLE-AXE.-AND HOW KING EDWARD HOLDS HIS SUMMER CHASE IN THE FAIR GROVES OF SHENE.
CHAPTER IX. - THE GREAT ACTOR RETURNS TO FILL THE STAGE.
Description
In the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses, the streets along the Thames swell with displaced soldiers and desperate refugees. Amid this chaos, a determined Margaret of Anjou moves through the city in a humble priest’s habit, plotting her next move against King Edward IV. The novel opens with her confronting a covert operative who claims to hold the key to her resurgence.
Robert Hilyard, a seasoned conspirator masquerading as a reverend, navigates the labyrinthine alleys of London to deliver dangerous intelligence to Margaret. He reports that the incriminating documents of a planned uprising have fallen into the hands of the king’s loyalist, Hastings, and that the crown’s agents are already sweeping religious houses for the fugitive queen. As loyalties shift and betrayals surface, Hilyard must decide whether to trust the foreign priest who shelters him or risk exposing the fragile network of rebels. The tension between desperate hope and looming danger drives the early chapters, inviting listeners into a world of hidden meetings, whispered codes, and the fierce resolve of a displaced monarch.
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
1803–1873
Best remembered for vivid historical and supernatural fiction, this prolific Victorian writer also left a surprising mark on everyday language with phrases that people still quote today. His stories mix drama, mystery, politics, and the occult in a way that helped shape popular fiction in the 19th century.
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