A Tale of
The Thirty Years' War
BY
W. J. ECCOTT
AUTHOR OF 'HIS INDOLENCE OF ARRAS,'
'THE RED NEIGHBOUR,' ETC.
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1913
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | IN SEARCH OF BOOTY | [1] |
| II. | NIGEL COLLECTS HIS DUES | [10] |
| III. | TILLY, COUNT OF TZERCLAËS | [17] |
| IV. | ON THE ROAD TO ERFURT | [24] |
| V. | TWO OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH | [32] |
| VI. | AT THE CASTLE OF HRADSCHIN | [42] |
| VII. | THE ROAD TO EGER | [53] |
| VIII. | INTERLACING DESTINIES | [61] |
| IX. | AN ITALIAN AND A SPANIARD | [73] |
| X. | FATHER LAMORMAIN | [81] |
| XI. | THE LOST DESPATCHES FOUND | [92] |
| XII. | NIGEL MEETS FATHER LAMORMAIN | [99] |
| XIII. | A FATHER, A CONFESSOR, AND A DAUGHTER | [107] |
| XIV. | IN THE CIRCLE OF THE EMPEROR | [114] |
| XV. | THE ARCHDUCHESS AND WALLENSTEIN | [125] |
| XVI. | NIGEL'S NEW REGIMENT | [133] |
| XVII. | FAREWELL TO THE ARCHDUCHESS | [140] |
| XVIII. | NIGEL'S INSTRUCTIONS, WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN | [149] |
| XIX. | THE GUESTS OF THE ABBOT OF FULDA | [156] |
| XX. | CASTING OUT A DEVIL | [165] |
| XXI. | INTO THE FOREST'S HEART | [176] |
| XXII. | THE DRAGON'S GORGE | [184] |
| XXIII. | A CLASH OF HEARTS | [190] |
| XXIV. | MISTRESS AND ENEMY | [198] |
| XXV. | BREITENFELD | [206] |
| XXVI. | AT HALBERSTADT | [214] |
| XXVII. | THE RESTLESSNESS OF STEPHANIE | [223] |
| XXVIII. | PREPARES THE GROUND | [232] |
| XXIX. | ORBIT AND FOCUS | [239] |
| XXX. | LOVE AND A LOCKSMITH | [249] |
| XXXI. | AN ASSIGNATION | [256] |
| XXXII. | PASTOR RAD AGAIN | [263] |
| XXXIII. | THE PASTOR'S PILGRIMAGE | [270] |
| XXXIV. | LUTHERAN AND JESUIT | [278] |
| XXXV. | AN EMBASSY FOR STEPHANIE | [286] |
| XXXVI. | A RECONNAISSANCE | [293] |
| XXXVII. | THE DEFENCE OF THE LECH | [301] |
| XXXVIII. | A SURPRISE AT RATISBON | [307] |
| XXXIX. | THE CLOUDS AND SERGEANT BLICK | [314] |
| XL. | RIDE, RIDE TOGETHER | [320] |
| XLI. | A LATE ARRIVAL AT NICHOLAS KRAFT'S | [329] |
| XLII. | IN THE ABBEY CHURCH | [336] |