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The Tower of London

by William Harrison Ainsworth

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Book One — I — Of the Manner in Which Queen Jane Entered the Tower…
  3. 3Ii.-of the Indignity Shown to the Privy Council by the Duke of Nort…
  4. 4IV — Of the Mysterious Occurrence That Happened to Queen Jane in Sa…
  5. 5V — Of the Misunderstanding That Arose Between Queen Jane and Her H…
  6. 6VI — Of the Solemn Exhortation Pronounced to the Giants by Master E…
  7. 7VII — How Cuthbert Cholmondeley Was Thrown Into a Dungeon Near the…
  8. 8VIII — How Gilbert Escaped From the By-Ward Tower, and Swam Across…
  9. 9IX — Of the Mysterious Manner in Which Gunnora Braose Was Brought t…
  10. 10X — How the Duke of Northumberland Menaced Simon Renard in Saint Pe…
  11. 11XI — How the Duke of Northumberland Was Prevailed Upon to Undertake…
  12. 12XII — How Magog Became Enamoured of a Buxom Widow, Ycleped Dame Pla…
  13. 13XIII — Of the Stratagem Practised by Cuthbert Cholmondeley on the J…
  14. 14XIV — How Simon Renard and the Lords of the Council Were Arrested b…
  15. 15XV — How Gunnora Braose Sought an Audience of Queen Jane
  16. 16XVI — How the Council Deposed Queen Jane; and How She Fled From the…
  17. 17Xvii.-in What Manner Jane Was Brought Back to the Tower of London
  18. 18Book the Second — I — Of the Arrival of Queen Mary in London; of He…
  19. 19II — How Jane Was Imprisoned in the Brick Tower
  20. 20Iii.-How Simon Renard Ascended to the Roof of the White Tower; and…
  21. 21IV — Of the Tower of London…
  22. 22V — How the Duke of Northumberland Was Arraigned of High Treason in…
  23. 23VI — By What Means the Duke of Northumberland Was Reconciled to the…
  24. 24Vii.-How the Duke of Northumberland Was Beheaded on Tower Hill
  25. 25VIII — Of Queen Mary’s Attachment to Courtenay
  26. 26IX — Of the Duel Between Courtenay and Simon Renard; and How It Was…
  27. 27X — Of the Conference Held Between Bishop Gardiner and Lady Jane Gr…
  28. 28XI — How Cuthbert Cholmondeley Revisited the Stone Kitchen; and How…
  29. 29XII — -How Edward Underhill, the “Hot-Gospeller,” Attempted to Assa…
  30. 30XIII — How Magog Nearly Lost His Supper; How His Beard Was Burnt; H…
  31. 31XIV — Of the Masque Given by Courtenay in Honour of Queen Mary; and…
  32. 32XV — By Whose Instrumentality Queen Mary Became Convinced of Courte…
  33. 33XVI — What Befel Cicely in the Salt Tower
  34. 34XVII — Of the Conspiracy Formed by de Noailles; and How Xit Deliver…
  35. 35XVIII — How Courtenay Escaped From the Tower
  36. 36XIX — How Queen Mary Visited the Lions’ Tower; How Magog Gave His D…
  37. 37XX — How Edward Underhill Was Burnt on Tower Green
  38. 38XXI — How Lord Guilford Dudley and Lady Jane Were Arraigned and Att…
  39. 39XXII — Of Jane’s Return to Sion House; and of Her Endeavours to Dis…
  40. 40XXIII — How Xit Was Imprisoned in the Constable Tower; and How He W…
  41. 41XXIV — How Xit Escaped From the Constable Tower; and How He Found C…
  42. 42XXV — Of the Arrival of the Imperial Ambassadors; and of the Signin…
  43. 43XXVI — By What Means Gardiner Extracted the Secret of the Conspirac…
  44. 44XXVII — Of the Insurrection of Sir Thomas Wyat
  45. 45XXVIII — Of the Queen’s Speech in the Council-Chamber; and of Her I…
  46. 46XXIX — The Siege of the Tower
  47. 47XXX — How Queen Mary Comported Herself During the Siege; How Lord G…
  48. 48XXXI — How Jane Surrendered Herself a Prisoner; and How She Besough…
  49. 49XXXII — How the Princess Elizabeth Was Brought a Prisoner to the Tower
  50. 50XXXIII — How Nightgall Was Bribed by de Noailles to Assassinate Sim…
  51. 51XXXIV — How the Princess Elizabeth Was Confronted With Sir Thomas W…
  52. 52XXXV — -How Xit Discovered the Secret of His Birth; and How He Was…
  53. 53XXXVI — How Cholmondeley Learnt the History of Cicely; How Nightgal…
  54. 54XXXVIII — How the Princess Elizabeth and Courtenay Were Delivered O…
  55. 55XL — Of the Vision Seen by Mauger and Sorrocold on the Tower Green
  56. 56XLI — Of the Union of Cholmondeley With Angela
  57. 57XLII — The Execution of Lady Jane Grey

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