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Sydney C. Grier. A Crowned Queen
A Crowned Queen
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. AN INTERRUPTED HOLIDAY
CHAPTER II. IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH
CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF THE CREEDS
CHAPTER IV. AN AMATEUR DIPLOMATIST
CHAPTER V. HEAVILY HANDICAPPED
CHAPTER VI. A DAUGHTER’S DUTY
CHAPTER VII. TWO KINGS OF BRENTFORD
CHAPTER VIII. A FAMILY COMPACT
CHAPTER IX “WAYS THAT ARE DARK, AND TRICKS THAT ARE VAIN.”
CHAPTER X. A NEW RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER XI. WAYFARING
CHAPTER XII. METAMORPHOSES
CHAPTER XIII. IN THE GREENWOOD
CHAPTER XIV. THE JUDENHETZE
CHAPTER XV “WE TWO STOOD THERE WITH NEVER A THIRD.”
CHAPTER XVI. THIS WORKING-DAY WORLD
CHAPTER XVII “THE MAN WHOM THE QUEEN DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR.”
CHAPTER XVIII. FRIENDLY INTERVENTION
CHAPTER XIX. A LITTLE TOO FAR
CHAPTER XX. IN QUEST OF THE WHEREWITHAL
CHAPTER XXI. PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE
CHAPTER XXII. THE EDUCATION QUESTION
CHAPTER XXIII. IN SIGHT OF THE GOAL
CHAPTER XXIV. A COMBAT À OUTRANCE
CHAPTER XXV. TO THE VICTOR THE SPOILS
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Sydney C. Grier
The Romance of a Minister of State
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“At having a hand on the reins, that’s all—but then, Europe is the coach. There’s not much show about my ambitions, but a remarkable amount of solid reality. I don’t ask for the things other people covet—money or love or pleasure—but I must be behind the scenes and pull the wires. It doesn’t matter to me whether my power is recognised by the man in the street or not, so long as I know that I have it, and can make the puppets dance.”
“And Otto Georg?” asked Caerleon drily.
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