Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Vol. 1-3)

Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Vol. 1-3)
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Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp follow the exploits of Lieutenant Claude Dundas, personal assistant to Sir John Stewart, of his Britannic Majesty's 62nd Regiment, in their campaign against Napoleon's forces in Calabria. It tells the story of Neapolitan campaign, an expedition set on foot to force the French out from South Italy, depicting romantic adventures of young aide-de-camp all the way to the siege of Scylla and the affair of matchless bravery between struggling British and the besieging French.

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James Grant. Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Vol. 1-3)

Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp (Vol. 1-3)

Table of Contents

Volume 1

CHAPTER I. THE LANDING IN CALABRIA

CHAPTER II. THE PIGTAIL

CHAPTER III. VISCONTE DI SANTUGO

CHAPTER IV. DOUBLE OR QUIT!

CHAPTER V. GASPARE TRUFFI, THE HUNCHBACK

CHAPTER VI. THE CALABRIAN FREE CORPS

CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF MAIDA

CHAPTER VIII. THE COTTAGE ON THE MAIDA ROAD—THE EAGLE

CHAPTER IX. LIVES FOR DUCATS!—BIANCA D'ALFIERI

CHAPTER X. A NIGHT WITH THE ZINGARI

CHAPTER XI. THE HUNCHBACK AGAIN

CHAPTER XII. THE HERMITAGE

CHAPTER XIII. THE HERMIT'S CONFESSION

CHAPTER XIV. THE SIEGE OF CROTONA

CHAPTER XV. THE ABDUCTION.—A SCRAPE

CHAPTER XVI. THE SUMMONS OF SURRENDER

CHAPTER XVII. MARCHING OUT WITH THE HONOURS OF WAR

CHAPTER XVIII. ANOTHER DESPATCH

CHAPTER XIX. NARRATIVE OF CASTELERMO

CHAPTER XX. THE VILLA BELCASTRO

CHAPTER XXI. SEQUEL TO THE STORY OF CASTELERMO

Volume 2

CHAPTER I. ITALIAN INTRIGUES IN COUNTRY QUARTERS

CHAPTER II. FRANCATRIPA, THE BRIGAND

CHAPTER III. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS

CHAPTER IV. THE HORN SOUNDS

CHAPTER V. A DUEL AND A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VI. ARRIVAL OF THE PHILISTINES

CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURE AT THE CENTAUR

CHAPTER VIII. LOVE AND WAR

CHAPTER IX. POOR LUISA!

CHAPTER X. THE SIEGE OF SCYLLA

CHAPTER XI. THE FORLORN-HOPE

CHAPTER XII. A RENCONTRE!

CHAPTER XIII. REGGIO.—AN IMPROVISATORE

CHAPTER XIV. NAVARRO.—REVENGE!

CHAPTER XV. THE CAVALLO MARINO

CHAPTER XVI. THE RACE.—GALLEY-SLAVES

CHAPTER XVII. THE REVOLT OF THE GALLEY SLAVES

CHAPTER XVIII. THE THREE CANDLE-ENDS

CHAPTER XIX. WHO IS HE?

CHAPTER XX. THE CARDINAL

CHAPTER XXI. THE FIRST PENITENT—THE NUN

CHAPTER XXII. A CHANCE OF ESCAPE LOST

CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECOND PENITENT—THE CAVALIER

Volume 3

CHAPTER I. THE THIRD PENITENT—THE MONK

CHAPTER II. THE MONK'S STORY

CHAPTER III. A NARROW ESCAPE

CHAPTER IV. CASTELGUELFO—THE WOLF OF AMATO

CHAPTER V. HAPPINESS

CHAPTER VI. THE VILLA BESIEGED

CHAPTER VII. THE NUPTIALS

CHAPTER VIII. THE TEMPEST—THE LAST OF THE HUNCHBACK

CHAPTER IX. A MILITARY HONEYMOON

CHAPTER X. WRECK OF THE DELIGHT

CHAPTER XI. THE VOLTIGEURS.—THE MASSACRE OF BAGNARA

CHAPTER XII. RETREAT IN SQUARE.—THE PRISONER OF WAR

CHAPTER XIII. THE DRUM-HEAD COURT-MARTIAL

CHAPTER XIV. DIANORA—THE FORFEITED HAND

CHAPTER XV. THE MONASTERY

CHAPTER XVI. THE SANCTUARY VIOLATED

CHAPTER XVII. UNEXPECTED PERILS

CHAPTER XVIII. CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY—THE TWO GENERALS

CHAPTER XIX. THE ALBERGO.—THE BANDIT'S REVENGE

CHAPTER XX. THE BANDIT'S CAVERN.—RECAPTURE AND DELIVERANCE

CHAPTER XXI. JOYS OF A MILITARY HONEYMOON

CHAPTER XXII. THE SIEGE OF SCYLLA

CHAPTER XXIII. THE FALL OF SCYLLA—CONCLUSION

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James Grant

A Campaign in Calabria (Historical Novel of Napoleonic Wars)

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"And the ball at the prince's palace?"

A slight blush suffused her soft cheek, and I felt my old penchant returning with renewed strength. "Good!" I thought; "she has not forgotten my name." On inquiring for her sisters, Ortensia and Francesca, whose black eyes had so bewitched poor Oliver Lascelles, the young lady changed colour, as if one part of my inquiry distressed her, and the Visconte appeared a little disconcerted. I had made an unlucky blunder, yet knew not how.

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