Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete
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Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete
BOOK I
CHAPTER I. THE ENCHANTER AND THE WARRIOR
CHAPTER II. THE KING WITHIN HIS PALACE
CHAPTER III. THE LOVERS
CHAPTER IV. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER V. AMBITION DISTORTED INTO VICE BY LAW
CHAPTER VI. THE LION IN THE NET
BOOK. II
CHAPTER I. THE ROYAL TENT OF SPAIN.—THE KING AND THE DOMINICAN—THE VISITOR AND THE HOSTAGE
CHAPTER II. THE AMBUSH, THE STRIFE, AND THE CAPTURE
CHAPTER III. THE HERO IN THE POWER OF THE DREAMER
CHAPTER IV. A FULLER VIEW OF THE CHARACTER OF BOABDIL.—MUZA IN THE GARDENS OF HIS BELOVED
CHAPTER V. BOABDIL’S RECONCILIATION WITH HIS PEOPLE
CHAPTER V. LEILA.—HER NEW LOVER.—PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST INQUISITOR OF SPAIN.—THE CHALICE RETURNED TO THE LIPS OF ALMAMEN
CHAPTER VII. THE TRIBUNAL AND THE MIRACLE
BOOK III
CHAPTER I. ISABEL AND THE JEWISH MAIDEN
CHAPTER II. THE TEMPTATION OF THE JEWESS,—IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES FROM THE OUTWARD TO THE INTERNAL
CHAPTER III. THE HOUR AND THE MAN
BOOK IV
CHAPTER. I. LEILA IN THE CASTLE—THE SIEGE
CHAPTER II. ALMAMEN’S PROPOSED ENTERPRISE.—THE THREE ISRAELITES—CIRCUMSTANCE IMPRESSES EACH CHARACTER WITH A VARYING DIE
CHAPTER III. THE FUGITIVE AND THE MEETING
CHAPTER IV. ALMAMEN HEARS AND SEES, BUT REFUSES TO BELIEVE; FOR THE BRAIN, OVERWROUGHT, GROWS DULL, EVEN IN THE KEENEST
CHAPTER V. IN THE FERMENT OF GREAT EVENTS THE DREGS RISE
CHAPTER VI. BOADBIL’S RETURN.—THE REAPPEARANCE OF GRANADA
CHAPTER VII. THE CONFLAGRATION.—THE MAJESTY OF AN INDIVIDUAL PASSION IN THE MIDST OF HOSTILE THOUSANDS
BOOK V
CHAPTER I. THE GREAT BATTLE
CHAPTER II. THE NOVICE
CHAPTER III. THE PAUSE BETWEEN DEFEAT AND SURRENDER
CHAPTER IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY HORSEMAN
CHAPTER V. THE SACRIFICE
CHAPTER VI. THE RETURN—THE RIOT—THE TREACHERY—AND THE DEATH
CHAPTER VII. THE END
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It was the summer of the year 1491, and the armies of Ferdinand and Isabel invested the city of Granada.
The night was not far advanced; and the moon, which broke through the transparent air of Andalusia, shone calmly over the immense and murmuring encampment of the Spanish foe, and touched with a hazy light the snow-capped summits of the Sierra Nevada, contrasting the verdure and luxuriance which no devastation of man could utterly sweep from the beautiful vale below.
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The Hebrew bowed reverently, and drew from his breast a scroll, which he placed on the table before the king. “This writing, mighty Ferdinand, contains the articles of our compact.”
“How, knave! wouldst thou have us commit our royal signature to conditions with such as thou art, to the chance of the public eye? The king’s word is the king’s bond!”
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