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The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias
The narrative begins with Allan Kennedy, an antiquarian enthusiast, who travels to Florence in search of a rare manuscript said to be of considerable significance.
"The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias" by William Le Queux is a historical novel. The narrative begins with Allan Kennedy, an antiquarian enthusiast, who travels to Florence in search of a rare manuscript said to be of considerable significance.
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These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to scientists, bibliophiles, and the world at large; and, secondly, because it is my dear wife’s wish that in order to clear her in the eyes of both friends and foes nothing should be concealed, misrepresented, or withheld.
It was, indeed, a memorable day when I halted before the white, almost windowless house of the prior of San Sisto and knocked twice at its plain, green-painted door. The sun-blanched, time-mellowed city of Florence lay silent, glaring, and deserted in the blazing noon of a July day. The Florentines had fled to the mountains for air. The persiennes, or sun-shutters, were everywhere closed, the shops shut, the people slumbering, and the silence only broken by the heat-song of the chirping cicale in the scorched trees at the end of the Lung Arno.
Contents
- 01Chapter Two.
- 02Chapter Three.
- 03Chapter Four.
- 04Chapter Five.
- 05Chapter Six.
- 06Chapter Seven.
- 07Chapter Eight.
- 08Chapter Nine.
- 09Chapter Ten.
- 10Chapter Eleven.
- 11Chapter Twelve.
- 12Chapter Thirteen.
- 13Chapter Fourteen.
- 14Chapter Fifteen.
- 15Chapter Sixteen.
- 16Chapter Seventeen.
- 17Chapter Eighteen.
- 18Chapter Nineteen.
- 19Chapter Twenty.
- 20Chapter Twenty One.
- 21Chapter Twenty Two.
- 22Chapter Twenty Three.
- 23Chapter Twenty Four.
- 24Chapter Twenty Five.
- 25Chapter Twenty Six.
- 26Chapter Twenty Seven.
- 27Chapter Twenty Eight.
- 28Chapter Twenty Nine.
- 29Chapter Thirty.
- 30Chapter Thirty One.
- 31Chapter Thirty Two.
- 32Chapter Thirty Three.
- 33Chapter Thirty Four.
- 34Chapter Thirty Five.
- 35Chapter Thirty Six.
- 36Chapter Thirty Seven.
- 37Chapter Thirty Eight.
- 38Chapter Thirty Nine.
- 39Chapter Forty.
About this edition
- Author
- William Le Queux
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 356 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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