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Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes

by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Dedication · Dedication · Dedication — Preface
  3. 3Preface to the Present Edition, 1848
  4. 4Book I — The Time, the Place, and the Men
  5. 5Chapter 1 — I. the Brothers
  6. 6Chapter 1 — II. an Historical Survey — Not to Be Passed Over, Excep…
  7. 7Chapter 1 — III. the Brawl
  8. 8Chapter 1 — IV. an Adventure
  9. 9Chapter 1 — V. the Description of a Conspirator, and the Dawn of the
  10. 10Chapter 1 — VI. Irene in the Palace of Adrian di Castello
  11. 11Chapter 1 — VII. Upon Love and Lovers
  12. 12Chapter 1 — VIII. the Enthusiastic Man Judged by the Discreet Man
  13. 13Chapter 1 — IX. “When the People Saw This Picture, Every One Marvel…
  14. 14Chapter 1 — X. A Rough Spirit Raised, Which May Hereafter Rend the…
  15. 15Chapter 1 — XI. Nina di Raselli
  16. 16Chapter 1 — XII. the Strange Adventures That Befel Walter de Montreal
  17. 17Book II — The Revolution
  18. 18Chapter 2 — I. the Knight of Provence, and His Proposal
  19. 19Chapter 2 — II. the Interview, and the Doubt
  20. 20Chapter 2 — III. the Situation of a Popular Patrician in Times of P…
  21. 21Chapter 2 — IV. the Ambitious Citizen, and the Ambitious Soldier
  22. 22Chapter 2 — V. the Procession of the Barons — The Beginning of the End
  23. 23Chapter 2 — VI. the Conspirator Becomes the Magistrate
  24. 24Chapter 2 — VII. Looking After the Halter When the Mare Is Stolen
  25. 25Chapter 2 — VIII. the Attack — The Retreat — The Election — And the…
  26. 26Book III — The Freedom Without Law
  27. 27Chapter 3 — I. the Return of Walter de Montreal to His Fortress
  28. 28Chapter 3 — II. the Life of Love and War — The Messenger of Peace —…
  29. 29Chapter 3 — III. the Conversation Between the Roman and the
  30. 30Book IV — The Triumph and the Pomp
  31. 31Chapter 4 — I. the Boy Angelo — The Dream of Nina Fulfilled
  32. 32Chapter 4 — II. the Blessing of a Councillor Whose Interests and He…
  33. 33Chapter 4 — III. the Actor Unmasked
  34. 34Chapter 4 — IV. the Enemy’s Camp
  35. 35Chapter 4 — V. the Night and Its Incidents
  36. 36Chapter 4 — VI. the Celebrated Citation
  37. 37Chapter 4 — VII. the Festival
  38. 38Book V — The Crisis
  39. 39Chapter 5 — I. the Judgment of the Tribune
  40. 40Chapter 5 — II. the Flight
  41. 41Chapter 5 — III. the Battle
  42. 42Chapter 5 — IV. the Hollowness of the Base
  43. 43Chapter 5 — V. the Rottenness of the Edifice
  44. 44Chapter 5 — VI. the Fall of the Temple
  45. 45Chapter 5 — VII. the Successors of an Unsuccessful Revolution — Who…
  46. 46Book VI — The Plague
  47. 47Chapter 6 — 1. the Retreat of the Lover
  48. 48Chapter 6 — II. the Seeker
  49. 49Chapter 6 — III. the Flowers Amidst the Tombs
  50. 50Chapter 6 — IV. We Obtain What We Seek, and Know It Not
  51. 51Chapter 6 — V. the Error
  52. 52Book VII — The Prison
  53. 53Chapter 7 — I. Avignon — The Two Pages — The Stranger Beauty
  54. 54Chapter 7 — II. the Character of a Warrior Priest — An Interview — The
  55. 55Chapter 7 — III. Holy Men — Sagacious Deliberations — Just Resolves…
  56. 56Chapter 7 — IV. the Lady and the Page
  57. 57Chapter 7 — V. the Inmate of the Tower
  58. 58Chapter 7 — VI. the Scent Does Not Lie — The Priest and the Soldier
  59. 59Chapter 7 — VII. Vaucluse and Its Genius Loci — Old Acquaintance Re…
  60. 60Chapter 7.VIII
  61. 61Chapter 7 — IX. Albornoz and Nina
  62. 62Book VIII — The Grand Company
  63. 63Chapter 8 — I. the Encampment
  64. 64Chapter 8 — II. Adrian Once More the Guest of Montreal
  65. 65Chapter 8 — III. Faithful and Ill-fated Love — The Aspirations Surv…
  66. 66Book IX — The Return
  67. 67Chapter 9 — I. the Triumphal Entrance
  68. 68Chapter 9 — II. the Masquerade
  69. 69Chapter 9 — III. Adrian’s Adventures at Palestrina
  70. 70Chapter 9 — IV. the Position of the Senator — The Work of Years — The
  71. 71Chapter 9 — V. the Biter Bit
  72. 72Chapter 9 — VI. the Events Gather to the End
  73. 73Book X — The Lion Of Basalt
  74. 74Chapter 10 — I. the Conjunction of Hostile Planets in the House of…
  75. 75Chapter 10 — II. Montreal at Rome — His Reception of Angelo Villani
  76. 76Chapter 10 — III. Montreal’s Banquet
  77. 77Chapter 10 — IV. the Sentence of Walter de Montreal
  78. 78Chapter 10 — V. the Discovery
  79. 79Chapter 10 — VI. the Suspense
  80. 80Chapter 10 — VII. the Tax
  81. 81Chapter 10 — VIII. the Threshold of the Event
  82. 82Chapter The Last — The Close of the Chase
  83. 83Appendix I | Some Remarks on the Life and Character of Rienzi
  84. 84Appendix II | A Word Upon the Work by Pere Du Cerceau and Pere Brumoy

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