CONTENTSPAGE [Foreword][5]CHAPTERI. [Prelude to Adventure][13]II. "[Married in Haste]"[24]III. [The Consistory Court][40]IV. [Flare of the Footlights][49]V. [A Passionate Pilgrimage][61]VI. [An "Affair of Honour"][75]VII. "[Hooking a Prince]"[91]VIII. [Ludwig the Lover][104]IX. ["Maîtresse du Roi"][118]X. [Bursting of the Storm][136]XI. [A Fallen Star][149]XII. [A "Left-handed" Marriage][164]XIII. [Odyssey][181]XIV. [The "Golden West"][196]XV. "[Down Under]"[211]XVI. [Farewell to the Footlights][229]XVII. [The Curtain Falls][251] [Appendix I. "Arts of Beauty"][267] [Appendix II. "Lola Montez' Lectures"][271] [Index][281]LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[Lola Montez, Countess of Landsfeld][Frontispiece]PAGE["John Company" Troops on the March in India][17][Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, where Lola Montez made her Début][27][Benjamin Lumley, Lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre][36][Lola Montez, "Spanish Dancer." Début at Her Majesty's Theatre][47][Viscount Ranelagh, who organised a Cabal against Lola Montez][59][Abbé Liszt, Musician and Lover][70][Fanny Elssler, Predecessor of Lola Montez in Paris][83][Porte St. Martin Theatre, Paris, where Lola was a "flop"][95][Supper-party at Les Frères Provençaux. First Act in a Tragedy][106][Residenz Palace, Munich, in 1848. Residence of Ludwig I.][120]["Command" Portrait. In the "Gallery of Beauties," Munich][132][King of Bavaria. "Ludwig the Lover"][144][Lola Montez in Caricature. "Lola on the Allemannen Hound"][156][Berrymead Priory, Acton, where Lola Montez lived with Cornet Heald][167][Lola Montez in London. Aged Thirty][177][A "Belle of the Boulevards." Lola Montez in Paris][187][The "Spider Dance." Cause of much Criticism][199][Lola Montez in "Lola in Bavaria." A "Play with a Purpose"][209][Lola as a Lecturer. From Stage to Platform][219][Lola Montez in Middle Life. A Characteristic Pose][231]["Lectures and Life." From Stage to Platform][241][Countess of Landsfeld. A Favourite Portrait][253][Grave of Lola Montez, in Green-wood Cemetery, New York][262]THE MAGNIFICENT MONTEZ