E.L.B. London: January 6, 1840.
CONTENTS
[ RIENZI, The Last of the Tribunes. ]
[ BOOK I. ] THE TIME, THE PLACE, AND THE MEN.
[ Chapter 1.I ] The Brothers.
[ Chapter 1.II ] An Historical Survey—not to Be Passed Over, Except by
[ Chapter 1.III ] The Brawl.
[ Chapter 1.IV ] An Adventure.
[ Chapter 1.V ] The Description of a Conspirator, and the Dawn of the
[ Chapter 1.VI ] Irene in the Palace of Adrian di Castello.
[ Chapter 1.VII ] Upon Love and Lovers.
[ Chapter 1.VIII ] The Enthusiastic Man Judged by the Discreet Man.
[ Chapter 1.IX ] “When the People Saw this Picture, Every One Marvelled.”
[ Chapter 1.X ] A Rough Spirit Raised, Which May Hereafter Rend the Wizard.
[ Chapter 1.XI ] Nina di Raselli.
[ Chapter 1.XII ] The Strange Adventures that Befel Walter de Montreal.
[ BOOK II ]
THE REVOLUTION
[ Chapter 2.I ] The Knight of Provence, and his Proposal.
[ Chapter 2.II ] The Interview, and the Doubt.
[ Chapter 2.III ] The Situation of a Popular Patrician in Times of Popular
[ Chapter 2.IV ] The Ambitious Citizen, and the Ambitious Soldier.
[ Chapter 2.V ] The Procession of the Barons.—The Beginning of the End.
[ Chapter 2.VI ] The Conspirator Becomes the Magistrate.
[ Chapter 2.VII ] Looking after the Halter when the Mare is Stolen.
[ Chapter 2.VIII ] The Attack—the Retreat—the Election—and the Adhesion.
[ BOOK III ]
THE FREEDOM WITHOUT LAW.
[ Chapter 3.I ] The Return of Walter de Montreal to his Fortress.
[ Chapter 3.II ] The Life of Love and War—the Messenger of Peace—the
[ Chapter 3.III ] The Conversation between the Roman and the
[ BOOK IV ]
THE TRIUMPH AND THE POMP.
[ Chapter 4.I ] The Boy Angelo—the Dream of Nina Fulfilled.
[ Chapter 4.II ] The Blessing of A Councillor Whose Interests and Heart Are
[ Chapter 4.III ] The Actor Unmasked.
[ Chapter 4.IV ] The Enemy’s Camp.
[ Chapter 4.V ] The Night and its Incidents.
[ Chapter 4.VI ] The Celebrated Citation.
[ Chapter 4.VII ] The Festival.
[ BOOK V ]
THE CRISIS.
[ Chapter 5.I ] The Judgment of the Tribune.
[ Chapter 5.II ] The Flight.
[ Chapter 5.III ] The Battle.
[ Chapter 5.IV ] The Hollowness of the Base.
[ Chapter 5.V ] The Rottenness of the Edifice.
[ Chapter 5.VI ] The Fall of the Temple.
[ Chapter 5.VII ] The Successors of an Unsuccessful Revolution—Who is to
[ BOOK VI ]
THE PLAGUE.
[ Chapter 6.1 ] The Retreat of the Lover.
[ Chapter 6.II ] The Seeker.
[ Chapter 6.III ] The Flowers Amidst the Tombs.
[ Chapter 6.IV ] We Obtain What We Seek, and Know it Not.
[ Chapter 6.V ] The Error.
[ BOOK VII ]
THE PRISON.
[ Chapter 7.I ] Avignon.—The Two Pages.—The Stranger Beauty.
[ Chapter 7.II ] The Character of a Warrior Priest—an Interview—the
[ Chapter 7.III ] Holy Men.—Sagacious Deliberations.—Just Resolves.—And
[ Chapter 7.IV ] The Lady and the Page.
[ Chapter 7.V ] The Inmate of the Tower.
[ Chapter 7.VI ] The Scent Does Not Lie.—The Priest and the Soldier.
[ Chapter 7.VII ] Vaucluse and its Genius Loci.—Old Acquaintance Renewed.
[ Chapter 7.VIII ] The Crowd.—The Trial.—The Verdict.—The Soldier and
[ Chapter 7.IX ] Albornoz and Nina.
[ BOOK VIII ]
THE GRAND COMPANY.
[ Chapter 8.I ] The Encampment.
[ Chapter 8.II ] Adrian Once More the Guest of Montreal.
[ Chapter 8.III ] Faithful and Ill-fated Love.—The Aspirations Survive the
[ BOOK IX ]
THE RETURN.
[ Chapter 9.I ] The Triumphal Entrance.
[ Chapter 9.II ] The Masquerade.
[ Chapter 9.III ] Adrian’s Adventures at Palestrina.
[ Chapter 9.IV ] The Position of the Senator.—The Work of Years.—The
[ Chapter 9.V ] The Biter Bit.
[ Chapter 9.VI ] The Events Gather to the End.
[ BOOK X ]
THE LION Of BASALT.
[ Chapter 10.I ] The Conjunction of Hostile Planets in the House of Death.
[ Chapter 10.II ] Montreal at Rome.—His Reception of Angelo Villani.
[ Chapter 10.III ] Montreal’s Banquet.
[ Chapter 10.IV ] The Sentence of Walter de Montreal.
[ Chapter 10.V ] The Discovery.
[ Chapter 10.VI ] The Suspense.
[ Chapter 10.VII ] The Tax.
[ Chapter 10.VIII ] The Threshold of the Event.
[ Chapter The Last ] The Close of the Chase.
[ Appendix I ]
Some Remarks on the Life and Character of Rienzi.
[ Appendix II ] A Word Upon the Work by Pere du Cerceau and Pere Brumoy,