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"The Last Days of Pompeii" – Pompeii, A.D. 79. Athenian nobleman Glaucus arrives in the bustling and gaudy Roman town and quickly falls in love with the beautiful Greek Ione. Ione's former guardian, the malevolent Egyptian sorcerer Arbaces, has designs on Ione and sets out to destroy their budding happiness. But will he succeed in his evil plot? Or, will the cataclysmic destruction of the city by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius be the end of all? And, what will happen to the love story of Glaucus and Ione? Read on! "Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes" – Bulwer-Lytton has created a true masterpiece that inspired none other than the great Wagner to create his opera titled «Rienzi.» Set during the Italian Renaissance period, in the 14th century, the story depicts the rise and fall of Rienzi, the beloved last Tribune of Rome and his lovely wife Nina. Intrigue dog this great man at every stage and backstabbers are always around the corner, but Reinzi towers above them all. However, his formidable nemesis, Walter de Montreal, will not let him go that easily…

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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

BOOK THE FIRST

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

BOOK THE SECOND

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

BOOK THE THIRD

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

BOOK THE FOURTH

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

BOOK THE FIFTH

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER THE LAST

RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE ROMAN TRIBUNES

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF RIENZI

PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION, 1848

BOOK I. THE TIME, THE PLACE, AND THE MEN

CHAPTER I. THE BROTHERS

CHAPTER II. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY—NOT TO BE PASSED OVER, EXCEPT BY

CHAPTER III. THE BRAWL

CHAPTER IV. AN ADVENTURE

CHAPTER V. THE DESCRIPTION OF A CONSPIRATOR, AND THE DAWN OF THE CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER VI. IRENE IN THE PALACE OF ADRIAN DI CASTELLO

CHAPTER VII. UPON LOVE AND LOVERS

CHAPTER VIII. THE ENTHUSIASTIC MAN JUDGED BY THE DISCREET MAN

CHAPTER IX “WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW THIS PICTURE, EVERY ONE MARVELLED.”

CHAPTER X. A ROUGH SPIRIT RAISED, WHICH MAY HEREAFTER REND THE WIZARD

CHAPTER XI. NINA DI RASELLI

CHAPTER XII. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES THAT BEFEL WALTER DE MONTREAL

BOOK II. THE REVOLUTION

CHAPTER I. THE KNIGHT OF PROVENCE, AND HIS PROPOSAL

CHAPTER II. THE INTERVIEW, AND THE DOUBT

CHAPTER III. THE SITUATION OF A POPULAR PATRICIAN IN TIMES OF POPULAR DISCONTENT.—SCENE OF THE LATERAN

CHAPTER IV. THE AMBITIOUS CITIZEN, AND THE AMBITIOUS SOLDIER

CHAPTER V. THE PROCESSION OF THE BARONS.—THE BEGINNING OF THE END

CHAPTER VI. THE CONSPIRATOR BECOMES THE MAGISTRATE

CHAPTER VII. LOOKING AFTER THE HALTER WHEN THE MARE IS STOLEN

CHAPTER VIII. THE ATTACK—THE RETREAT—THE ELECTION—AND THE ADHESION

BOOK III. THE FREEDOM WITHOUT LAW

CHAPTER I. THE RETURN OF WALTER DE MONTREAL TO HIS FORTRESS

CHAPTER II. THE LIFE OF LOVE AND WAR—THE MESSENGER OF PEACE—THE JOUST

CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE ROMAN AND THE PROVENCAL—ADELINE’S HISTORY—THE MOONLIT SEA—THE LUTE AND THE SONG

BOOK IV. THE TRIUMPH AND THE POMP

CHAPTER I. THE BOY ANGELO—THE DREAM OF NINA FULFILLED

CHAPTER II. THE BLESSING OF A COUNCILLOR WHOSE INTERESTS AND HEART ARE OUR OWN.—THE STRAWS THROWN UPWARD—DO THEY PORTEND A STORM

CHAPTER III. THE ACTOR UNMASKED

CHAPTER IV. THE ENEMY’S CAMP

CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT AND ITS INCIDENTS

CHAPTER VI. THE CELEBRATED CITATION

CHAPTER VII. THE FESTIVAL

BOOK V. THE CRISIS

CHAPTER I. THE JUDGMENT OF THE TRIBUNE

CHAPTER II. THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE

CHAPTER IV. THE HOLLOWNESS OF THE BASE

CHAPTER V. THE ROTTENNESS OF THE EDIFICE

CHAPTER VI. THE FALL OF THE TEMPLE

CHAPTER VII. THE SUCCESSORS OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION—WHO IS TO BLAME—THE FORSAKEN ONE OR THE FORSAKERS?

BOOK VI. THE PLAGUE

CHAPTER 1. THE RETREAT OF THE LOVER

CHAPTER II. THE SEEKER

CHAPTER III. THE FLOWERS AMIDST THE TOMBS

CHAPTER IV. WE OBTAIN WHAT WE SEEK, AND KNOW IT NOT

CHAPTER V. THE ERROR

BOOK VII. THE PRISON

CHAPTER I. AVIGNON.—THE TWO PAGES.—THE STRANGER BEAUTY

CHAPTER II. THE CHARACTER OF A WARRIOR PRIEST—AN INTERVIEW—THE INTRIGUE AND COUNTER-INTRIGUE OF COURTS

CHAPTER III. HOLY MEN.—SAGACIOUS DELIBERATIONS.—JUST RESOLVES.—AND SORDID MOTIVES TO ALL

CHAPTER IV. THE LADY AND THE PAGE

CHAPTER V. THE INMATE OF THE TOWER

CHAPTER VI. THE SCENT DOES NOT LIE.—THE PRIEST AND THE SOLDIER

CHAPTER VII. VAUCLUSE AND ITS GENIUS LOCI.—OLD ACQUAINTANCE RENEWED

CHAPTER VIII. THE CROWD.—THE TRIAL.—THE VERDICT.—THE SOLDIER AND THE PAGE

CHAPTER IX. ALBORNOZ AND NINA

BOOK VIII. THE GRAND COMPANY

CHAPTER I. THE ENCAMPMENT

CHAPTER II. ADRIAN ONCE MORE THE GUEST OF MONTREAL

CHAPTER III. FAITHFUL AND ILL-FATED LOVE.—THE ASPIRATIONS SURVIVE THE AFFECTIONS

BOOK IX. THE RETURN

CHAPTER I. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE

CHAPTER II. THE MASQUERADE

CHAPTER III. ADRIAN’S ADVENTURES AT PALESTRINA

CHAPTER IV. THE POSITION OF THE SENATOR.—THE WORK OF YEARS.—THE REWARDS OF AMBITION

CHAPTER V. THE BITER BIT

CHAPTER VI. THE EVENTS GATHER TO THE END

BOOK X. THE LION Of BASALT

CHAPTER I. THE CONJUNCTION OF HOSTILE PLANETS IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH

CHAPTER II. MONTREAL AT ROME.—HIS RECEPTION OF ANGELO VILLANI

CHAPTER III. MONTREAL’S BANQUET

CHAPTER IV. THE SENTENCE OF WALTER DE MONTREAL

CHAPTER V. THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VI. THE SUSPENSE

CHAPTER VII. THE TAX

CHAPTER VIII. THE THRESHOLD OF THE EVENT

CHAPTER The Last. THE CLOSE OF THE CHASE

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As Clodius was about to reply, a slow and stately step approached them, and at the sound it made amongst the pebbles, each turned, and each recognized the new-comer.

It was a man who had scarcely reached his fortieth year, of tall stature, and of a thin but nervous and sinewy frame. His skin, dark and bronzed, betrayed his Eastern origin; and his features had something Greek in their outline (especially in the chin, the lip, and the brow), save that the nose was somewhat raised and aquiline; and the bones, hard and visible, forbade that fleshy and waving contour which on the Grecian physiognomy preserved even in manhood the round and beautiful curves of youth. His eyes, large and black as the deepest night, shone with no varying and uncertain lustre. A deep, thoughtful, and half-melancholy calm seemed unalterably fixed in their majestic and commanding gaze. His step and mien were peculiarly sedate and lofty, and something foreign in the fashion and the sober hues of his sweeping garments added to the impressive effect of his quiet countenance and stately form. Each of the young men, in saluting the new-comer, made mechanically, and with care to conceal it from him, a slight gesture or sign with their fingers; for Arbaces, the Egyptian, was supposed to possess the fatal gift of the evil eye.

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