A Bitter Heritage: A Modern Story of Love and Adventure

A Bitter Heritage: A Modern Story of Love and Adventure

"Mr. Bloundelle-Burton is one of the most successful of the purveyors of historical romance who have started up in the wake of Stanley Weyman and Conan Doyle. He has a keen eye for the picturesque, a happy instinct for a dramatic (or more generally a melodramatic) situation, and he is apt and careful in his historic paraphernalia. He usually succeeds, therefore, in producing an effective story."--Charleston News and Courier. "A story of the critical times of the vagrant and ambitious Charles I, it is so replete with incident and realistic happenings that one seems translated to the very scenes and days of that troublous era in English history."--Boston Courier. "Mr. Burton's creative skill is of the kind which must fascinate those who revel in the narratives of Stevenson, Rider Haggard, and Stanley Weyman. Even the author of 'A Gentleman of France' has not surpassed the writer of 'In the Day of Adversity' in the moving interest of his tale."--St. James's Gazette. I.--"You will forgive?" II.--The story of a crime. III.--"The land of the golden sun." IV.--An encounter. V.--"A half-breed--named Zara." VI.--"Knowledge is not always proof." VII.--Madame Carmaux takes a nap. VIII.--A midnight visitor. IX.--Beatrix. X.--Mr. Spranger obtains information. XI.--A visit of condolence. XII.--The reminiscences of a French gentleman. XIII.--A change of apartments. XIV.--"This land is full of snakes." XV.--Recollections of Sebastian's birth. XVI.--A drop of blood. XVII.--"She hates him because she loves him." XVIII.--Sebastian is disturbed. XIX.--A pleasant meeting. XX.--Love's blossom. XXI.--Julian feels strange. XXII.--In the dark. XXIII.--Warned. XXIV.--Julian's eyes are opened. XXV.--A dnouement. XXVI.--"You have killed him!" XXVII.--"I will save you." XXVIII.--"I live--to kill him." XXIX.--The watching figure. XXX.--Beyond passion's bound. XXXI.--"The man I love." XXXII.--The Shark's Tooth Reef. XXXIII.--Madame Carmaux tells all. XXXIV.--Contentment. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 52956
Author: Bloundelle-Burton, John
Release Date: Sep 2, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English