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The Tangled Skein

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Set during the reign of Queen Mary, the novel weaves a complex tale of forbidden love and political intrigue.

"The Tangled Skein by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy" is a period romance. Set during the reign of Queen Mary, the novel weaves a complex tale of forbidden love and political intrigue.

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Even Noailles, in his letters to his royal master, admits that the weather was glorious, and that the climatic conditions left nothing to be desired.

Even Noailles! Noailles, who detested England as the land of humid atmospheres and ill-dressed women!

Renard, who was more of a diplomatist and kept his opinions on the fogs and wenches of Old England very much to himself, declared enthusiastically in his letter to the Emperor Charles V, dated October 2nd, 1553, that never had he seen the sky so blue, the sun so bright, nor the people of this barbarous island more merry than on the memorable first day of East Molesey Fair: as all who will, may read for themselves in Vol. III of the Granvelle Papers:—

"Aulcungs ne pourroient contempler ciel plus bleu soleil plus brillianct ni peuple plus joieult."

Yet what have we to do with the opinions of these noble ambassadors of great and mighty foreign monarchs?

Our own chroniclers tell us that East Molesey Fair was the maddest, merriest, happiest time the goodly folk of the Thames Valley had had within memory of the oldest inhabitant.

Was not good Queene Marye, beloved daughter of the great King Henry VIII, crowned at last? crowned in Westminster Abbey, as all her loyal subjects had desired that she should be, despite His Grace of Northumberland and his treasonable faction, whom God and the Queene's most lawful Majesty would punish all in good time?

In the meanwhile let us be joyful and make merry!

Contents

  1. 01The Tangled Skein
  2. 02Contents
  3. 03The Tangled Skein
  4. 04Part I Mirrab—The Witch
  5. 05Chapter I East Molesey Fair
  6. 06Chapter II the Witch's Tent
  7. 07Chapter III Mischief Brewing
  8. 08Chapter IV Friends and Enemies
  9. 09Chapter V Ladies and Gallants
  10. 10Chapter VI the Lady Ursula
  11. 11Chapter VII His Grace of Wessex
  12. 12Chapter VIII Silken Bonds
  13. 13Chapter IX the Veiled Witch
  14. 14Part II the Lady Ursula
  15. 15Chapter X a Bevy of Fair Maidens
  16. 16Chapter XI the Fairest of Them All
  17. 17Chapter XII Intrigues
  18. 18Chapter XIII His Eminence
  19. 19Chapter XIV the Destinies of Europe
  20. 20Chapter XV the Hand of Fate
  21. 21Chapter XVI the Ultimatum
  22. 22Chapter XVII an Armed Truce
  23. 23Chapter XVIII the Veiled Witch
  24. 24Part III a Game of Chess
  25. 25Chapter XIX the Pawns
  26. 26Chapter XX Departure
  27. 27Chapter XXI the Black Knight
  28. 28Chapter XXII the White Queen
  29. 29Chapter XXIII Check to the Queen
  30. 30Chapter XXIV Check to the King
  31. 31Chapter XXV the Cardinal's Move
  32. 32Chapter XXVI the Provocation
  33. 33Chapter XXVII the Fight
  34. 34Chapter XXVIII the Sequel of the Comedy
  35. 35Chapter XXIX Check-Mate
  36. 36Part IV His Grace of Wessex
  37. 37Chapter XXX Thoughts
  38. 38Chapter XXXI Marye, the Queene
  39. 39Chapter XXXII a Bargain
  40. 40Chapter XXXIII in the Lord Chancellor's Court
  41. 41Chapter XXXIV Westminster Hall
  42. 42Chapter XXXV the Trial
  43. 43Chapter XXXVI Afterwards
  44. 44Chapter XXXVII the Cardinal's Puppets
  45. 45Chapter XXXVIII the Last Farewell
  46. 46Chapter XXXIX a Forlorn Hope
  47. 47Chapter XL Poor Mirrab
  48. 48Chapter XLI the End

About this edition

Author
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
295 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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