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Maturin M. Ballou. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
Table of Contents
By Lieutenant Maturin Murray Ballou
PREFACE
THE DUKE'S PRIZE
CHAPTER I.—FLORENCE
CHAPTER II.—OUR HERO AND HEROINE
CHAPTER III.—A RHINE LEGEND
CHAPTER IV.—THE DUKE'S PRIZE
CHAPTER V.—AWARDING THE PRIZE
CHAPTER VI.—THE MASQUERADE BALL
[SEE ENGRAVING.]
CHAPTER VII.—THE RHINE LEGEND COMPLETED
CHAPTER VIII.—A RIVAL
CHAPTER IX.—THE DUEL
CHAPTER X.—THE ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER XI.—THE INTERCEPTED LETTER
CHAPTER XII.—NEPHEW AND UNCLE
CHAPTER XIII.—THE ROADSIDE INN
CHAPTER XIV.—THE FINALE
THE END [FROM "THE FLAG OF OUR UNION."] THE PRIMA DONNA. BY M. V. ST. LEON
[FROM "THE FLAG OF OUR UNION."] THE ARTIST OF FLORENCE. BY JAMES DE MILLE
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Maturin M. Ballou
Published by Good Press, 2021
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La Signora Florinda was a grand-daughter of the house of Carrati, one of the oldest and proudest of all Italy. Having been placed in a convent in the environs of Florence for her education, the Grand Duke by chance met her while quite young, and learning her name, he at once knew her to be an orphan, and now under the care of her uncle Signor Latrezzi. By his own request he became her guardian, and from that time Florinda became an inmate of the palace of the duke, and the constant companion of the duchess.
Her parents deceased, as the reader has already gathered, while she was yet a child, leaving her an immense property, which was now in the hands of her protector, the monarch himself. About the time, or rather some months previous to the commencement, of our tale, the duchess had died of consumption. Florinda for more than a year had been her intimate and dearly loved companion, and for this reason alone was dearly prized by the Grand Duke, who still sincerely mourned his wife's death.
