The Last of the Barons — Complete
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Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон. The Last of the Barons — Complete
DEDICATORY EPISTLE
PREFACE TO THE LAST OF THE BARONS
BOOK I. THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE
CHAPTER I. THE PASTIME-GROUND OF OLD COCKAIGNE
CHAPTER II. THE BROKEN GITTERN
CHAPTER III. THE TRADER AND THE GENTLE; OR, THE CHANGING GENERATION
CHAPTER IV. ILL FARES THE COUNTRY MOUSE IN THE TRAPS OF TOWN
CHAPTER V. WEAL TO THE IDLER, WOE TO THE WORKMAN
CHAPTER VI. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE FEARS FOR THE SPIRITUAL WEAL OF HIS HOST AND HOSTESS
CHAPTER VII. THERE IS A ROD FOR THE BACK OF EVERY FOOL WHO WOULD BE WISER THAN HIS GENERATION
CHAPTER VIII. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE MAKES LOVE, AND IS FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER IX. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE LEAVES THE WIZARD’S HOUSE FOR THE GREAT WORLD
BOOK II. THE KING’S COURT
CHAPTER I. EARL WARWICK THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER II. KING EDWARD THE FOURTH
CHAPTER III. THE ANTECHAMBER
BOOK III. IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES FROM THE KING’S COURT TO THE STUDENT’S CELL, AND RELATES THE PERILS THAT BEFELL A PHILOSOPHER FOR MEDDLING WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER I. THE SOLITARY SAGE AND THE SOLITARY MAID
CHAPTER II. MASTER ADAM WARNER GROWS A MISER, AND BEHAVES SHAMEFULLY
CHAPTER III. A STRANGE VISITOR.—ALL AGES OF THE WORLD BREED WORLD-BETTERS
CHAPTER IV. LORD HASTINGS
CHAPTER V. MASTER ADAM WARNER AND KING HENRY THE SIXTH
CHAPTER VI. HOW, ON LEAVING KING LOG, FOOLISH WISDOM RUNS A-MUCK ON KING STORK
CHAPTER VII. MY LADY DUCHESS’S OPINION OF THE UTILITY OF MASTER WARNER’S INVENTION, AND HER ESTEEM FOR ITS—EXPLOSION
CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD WOMAN TALKS OF SORROWS, THE YOUNG WOMAN DREAMS OF LOVE; THE COURTIER FLIES FROM PRESENT POWER TO REMEMBRANCES OF PAST HOPES, AND THE WORLD-BETTERED OPENS UTOPIA, WITH A VIEW OF
CHAPTER IX. HOW THE DESTRUCTIVE ORGAN OF PRINCE RICHARD PROMISES GOODLY DEVELOPMENT
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
CHAPTER X. HOW THE GREAT LORDS COME TO THE KING-MAKER, AND WITH WHAT PROFFERS
BOOK V
CHAPTER I. RURAL ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES—NOBLE VISITORS SEEK THE CASTLE OF MIDDLEHAM
CHAPTER II. COUNCILS AND MUSINGS
CHAPTER III. THE SISTERS
CHAPTER IV. THE DESTRIER
BOOK VI. WHEREIN ARE OPENED SOME GLIMPSES OF THE FATE BELOW THAT ATTENDS THOSE WHO ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, AND THOSE WHO DESIRE TO MAKE OTHERS BETTER. LOVE, DEMAGOGY, AND SCIENCE ALL EQUALLY OFF-SPRING OF THE SAME PROLIFIC DELUSION,—NAMELY, THAT MEAN SOULS (THE EARTH’S MAJORITY) ARE WORTH THE HOPE AND THE AGONY OF NOBLE SOULS, THE EVERLASTING SUFFERING AND ASPIRING FEW
CHAPTER I. NEW DISSENSIONS
CHAPTER II. THE WOULD-BE IMPROVERS OF JOVE’S FOOTBALL, EARTH.—THE SAD FATHER AND THE SAD CHILD.—THE FAIR RIVALS
CHAPTER III. WHEREIN THE DEMAGOGUE SEEKS THE COURTIER
CHAPTER IV. SIBYLL
CHAPTER V. KATHERINE
CHAPTER VI. JOY FOR ADAM, AND HOPE FOR SIBYLL—AND POPULAR FRIAR BUNGEY!
CHAPTER VII. A LOVE SCENE
BOOK VII. THE POPULAR REBELLION
CHAPTER I. THE WHITE LION OF MARCH SHAKES HIS MANE
CHAPTER II. THE CAMP AT OLNEY
CHAPTER III. THE CAMP OF THE REBELS
CHAPTER IV. THE NORMAN EARL AND THE SAXON DEMAGOGUE CONFER
CHAPTER V. WHAT FAITH EDWARD IV. PURPOSETH TO KEEP WITH EARL AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER VI. WHAT BEFALLS KING EDWARD ON HIS ESCAPE FROM OLNEY
CHAPTER VII. HOW KING EDWARD ARRIVES AT THE CASTLE OF MIDDLEHAM
CHAPTER VIII. THE ANCIENTS RIGHTLY GAVE TO THE GODDESS OF ELOQUENCE A CROWN
CHAPTER IX. WEDDED CONFIDENCE AND LOVE—THE EARL AND THE PRELATE—THE PRELATE AND THE KING—SCHEMES—WILES—AND THE BIRTH OF A DARK THOUGHT DESTINED TO ECLIPSE A SUN
BOOK VIII. IN WHICH THE LAST LINK BETWEEN KING-MAKER AND KING SNAPS ASUNDER
CHAPTER I. THE LADY ANNE VISITS THE COURT
CHAPTER II. THE SLEEPING INNOCENCE—THE WAKEFUL CRIME
CHAPTER III. NEW DANGERS TO THE HOUSE OF YORK—AND THE KING’S HEART ALLIES ITSELF WITH REBELLION AGAINST THE KING’S THRONE
CHAPTER IV. THE FOSTER-BROTHERS
CHAPTER V. THE LOVER AND THE GALLANT—WOMAN’S CHOICE
CHAPTER VI. WARWICK RETURNS—APPEASES A DISCONTENTED PRINCE—AND CONFERS WITH A REVENGEFUL CONSPIRATOR
CHAPTER VII. THE FEAR AND THE FLIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. THE GROUP ROUND THE DEATH-BED OF THE LANCASTRIAN WIDOW
BOOK IX. THE WANDERERS AND THE EXILES
CHAPTER I. HOW THE GREAT BARON BECOMES AS GREAT A REBEL
CHAPTER II. MANY THINGS BRIEFLY TOLD
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT OF THE HOSTELRY—THE MAID AND THE SCHOLAR IN THEIR HOME
CHAPTER IV. THE WORLD’S JUSTICE, AND THE WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS
CHAPTER V. THE FUGITIVES ARE CAPTURED—THE TYMBESTERES REAPPEAR—MOONLIGHT ON THE REVEL OF THE LIVING—MOONLIGHT ON THE SLUMBER OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER VI. THE SUBTLE CRAFT OF RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER
CHAPTER VII. WARWICK AND HIS FAMILY IN EXILE
CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE HEIR OF LANCASTER MEETS THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER IX. THE INTERVIEW OF EARL WARWICK AND QUEEN MARGARET
CHAPTER X. LOVE AND MARRIAGE—DOUBTS OF CONSCIENCE—DOMESTIC JEALOUSY—AND HOUSEHOLD TREASON
BOOK X. THE RETURN OF THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER I. THE MAID’S HOPE, THE COURTIER’S LOVE, AND THE SAGE’S COMFORT
CHAPTER II. THE MAN AWAKES IN THE SAGE, AND THE SHE-WOLF AGAIN HATH TRACKED THE LAMB
CHAPTER III. VIRTUOUS RESOLVES SUBMITTED TO THE TEST OF VANITY AND THE WORLD
CHAPTER IV. THE STRIFE WHICH SIBYLL HAD COURTED, BETWEEN KATHERINE AND HERSELF, COMMENCES IN SERIOUS EARNEST
CHAPTER V. THE MEETING OF HASTINGS AND KATHERINE
CHAPTER VI. HASTINGS LEARNS WHAT HAS BEFALLEN SIBYLL, REPAIRS TO THE KING, AND ENCOUNTERS AN OLD RIVAL
CHAPTER VII. THE LANDING OF LORD WARWICK, AND THE EVENTS THAT ENSUE THEREON
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT BEFELL ADAM WARNER AND SIBYLL WHEN MADE SUBJECT TO THE GREAT FRIAR BUNGEY
CHAPTER IX. THE DELIBERATIONS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHILE LORD WARWICK MARCHES UPON LONDON
CHAPTER X. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF THE EARL—THE ROYAL CAPTIVE IN THE TOWER—THE MEETING BETWEEN KING-MAKER AND KING
CHAPTER XI. THE TOWER IN COMMOTION
BOOK XI. THE NEW POSITION OF THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER I. WHEREIN MASTER ADAM WARNER IS NOTABLY COMMENDED AND ADVANCED—AND GREATNESS SAYS TO WISDOM, “THY DESTINY BE MINE, AMEN.”
CHAPTER II. THE PROSPERITY OF THE OUTER SHOW—THE CARES OF THE INNER MAN
CHAPTER III. FURTHER VIEWS INTO THE HEART OF MAN, AND THE CONDITIONS OF POWER
CHAPTER IV. THE RETURN OF EDWARD OF YORK
CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF THE PLANTAGENET
CHAPTER VI. LORD WARWICK, WITH THE FOE IN THE FIELD AND THE TRAITOR AT THE HEARTH
BOOK XII. THE BATTLE OF BARNET
CHAPTER I. A KING IN HIS CITY HOPES TO RECOVER HIS REALM—A WOMAN IN HER CHAMBER FEARS TO FORFEIT HER OWN
CHAPTER II. SHARP IS THE KISS OF THE FALCON’S BEAR
CHAPTER III. A PAUSE
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER VII. THE LAST PILGRIMS IN THE LONG PROCESSION TO THE COMMON BOURNE
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This was the first attempt of the author in Historical Romance upon English ground. Nor would he have risked the disadvantage of comparison with the genius of Sir Walter Scott, had he not believed that that great writer and his numerous imitators had left altogether unoccupied the peculiar field in Historical Romance which the Author has here sought to bring into cultivation. In “The Last of the Barons,” as in “Harold,” the aim has been to illustrate the actual history of the period, and to bring into fuller display than general History itself has done the characters of the principal personages of the time, the motives by which they were probably actuated, the state of parties, the condition of the people, and the great social interests which were involved in what, regarded imperfectly, appear but the feuds of rival factions.
“The Last of the Barons” has been by many esteemed the best of the Author’s romances; and perhaps in the portraiture of actual character, and the grouping of the various interests and agencies of the time, it may have produced effects which render it more vigorous and lifelike than any of the other attempts in romance by the same hand.
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Master Warner smiled, and observing that some reply was expected from him, said, “Why, indeed, young sir, I fear I am almost as oblivious as yourself. It was not yesterday that you arrived, nor the day before, nor—Sibyll, my child, how long is it since this gentleman hath been our guest?”
“This is the fifth day,” answered Sibyll.
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