THE LAST OF THE BARONS
By Edward Bulwer Lytton
CONTENTS
[ 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. ]
[ 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
[ NOTES. ]