Love Romances of the Aristocracy

by Thornton Hall

CONTENTS

• CHAP.PAGE
  • A PRINCESS OF PRUDES [1]
  • THE NIGHTINGALE OF BATH [21]
  • THE ROMANCE OF THE VILLIERS [36]
  • THE STAIN ON THE SHIRLEY 'SCUTCHEON [51]
  • A GHOSTLY VISITANT [62]
  • A MESSALINA OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY [74]
  • A PROFLIGATE PRINCE [87]
  • THE GORGEOUS COUNTESS [96]
  • A QUEEN OF COQUETTES [110]
  • THE ADVENTURES OF A VISCOUNT'S DAUGHTER[127]
  • A SIXTEENTH CENTURY ELOPEMENT [136]
  • TRAGEDIES OF THE TURF [148]
  • THE WICKED BARON [165]
  • A FAIR INTRIGANTE [177]
  • THE MERRY DUCHESS [195]
  • THE KING AND THE PRETTY HAYMAKER [207]
  • THE COUNTESS WHO MARRIED HER GROOM [222]
  • A NOBLE VAGABOND [231]
  • FOOTLIGHTS AND CORONETS [243]
  • A PEASANT COUNTESS [256]
  • THE FAVOURITE OF A QUEEN [266]
  • TWO IRISH BEAUTIES [282]
  • THE MYSTERIOUS TWINS [298]
  • THE MAYPOLE DUCHESS [316]
  • THE ROMANCE OF FAMILY TREES [326]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF HAMILTON [Frontispiece]
• FRANCES, DUCHESS OF RICHMOND to face page [18]
• MARGUERITE, COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON [98]
• SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH [110]
• LOUISE, DUCHESS OF PORTSMOUTH [184]
• HARRIET, DUCHESS OF ST ALBANS [252]
• ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER [266]
• MARIA, COUNTESS OF COVENTRY [288]

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LOVE ROMANCES OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

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CHAPTER I

A PRINCESS OF PRUDES