Category: Historical Novels
Struensee had now reached the highest pinnacle of power, but no sooner did he gain it than the whole edifice, which he had reared with consummate care, began to tremble and to rock; it threatened to collapse into ruins and involve in destruction not only the man who built it,...
Nine years passed, after the death of Queen Matilda, before retribution overcame Juliana Maria for the part she had played in compassing her ruin. By that time all the conspirat...
13. CHAPTER XII.The English squadron arrived at Stade, a seaport town on the mouth of the Elbe, then in the electorate of Hanover, on June 5. Matilda was received with all the honour due to her...
9. CHAPTER VIII.The trial of the Queen began on March 14, in the great hall of the Court of Exchequer at Copenhagen. The whole of the commissioners were present, and the proceedings were vested...
14. CHAPTER XIII.[94Altona, then a town in Danish territory, was only half a mile from the free city of Hamburg, and at the time of Wraxall's visit was thronged with partisans of the deposed Queen....
5. CHAPTER IV.At four o'clock in the morning the little group of conspirators assembled in the apartments of the Queen-Dowager. They were eight in all--Juliana Maria, Prince Frederick, Guldbe...
22. Part III. POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS: Isolation and Physiological=Davidson.=--_THEISM_, as Grounded in Human Nature, Historically and Critically Handled. Being the Burnett Lectures for 1892 and 1893, delivered at Aberdeen. By W. L. DAVIDSON,...
12. CHAPTER XI.During the weeks occupied by the trials of Struensee and Brandt, Keith had been untiring in his efforts on behalf of Queen Matilda, and wrung from her enemies one concession aft...
2. CHAPTER I.Struensee had now reached the highest pinnacle of power, but no sooner did he gain it than the whole edifice, which he had reared with consummate care, began to tremble and to r...
6. CHAPTER V.When day dawned on January 17, the citizens of Copenhagen awoke to the fact that the hated rule of Struensee was gone for ever. The constant driving through the streets during t...
3. CHAPTER II.The Queen's love for Struensee was not lessened by the discovery that her idol had feet of clay, but she lost some of her blind faith in his power to mould all things to his wil...
8. CHAPTER VII.All this time the unfortunate Matilda remained at Kronborg, with no consolation except that she was permitted to retain the infant princess. She was still very closely guarded,...
11. CHAPTER X.The prisoners were told of their fate on Friday, April 25, immediately after the sentences were pronounced. Uhldahl and Bang went to the citadel to inform their respective clien...
15. CHAPTER XIV.We last saw the Queen with her hand on the door, as she bade farewell to Wraxall and wished him God-speed on his journey. "She never perhaps looked more engaging," he wrote late...
10. CHAPTER IX.The Queen's case being ended, it was resolved to proceed without delay against the other prisoners, and chief among these were Struensee and Brandt. Struensee was tried first. T...
7. CHAPTER VI.The ill-news from Denmark travelled to England in an incredibly short space of time, considering how slow and difficult was the transmission of news in the eighteenth century. T...
4. CHAPTER III.On January 8, 1772, the King and Queen returned to the Christiansborg after an absence from their capital of seven months. It required some courage to enter a city on the verge...
18. Part II., 10_s._ 6_d.=Bagwell.=--_IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS._ By RICHARD BAGWELL, LL.D. (3 vols.) Vols. I. and II. From the first invasion of the Northmen to the year 1578. 8vo., 32_s._ Vol. III. 157...
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23. Part II., Fruits, 1_s._ 6_d.=Burns and Colenso.=--_LIVING ANATOMY._ By CECIL L. BURNS, R.B.A., and ROBERT J. COLENSO, M.A., M.D. 40 Plates, 11-1/4 by 8-3/4 ins., each Plate containing Two Figures--(_a_) A...
20. Part II. _THEORY OF ETHICS AND ETHICAL SYSTEMS._ Crown 8vo.,=Roget.=--_THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES._ Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and assist in Literary Composition. By PETER MARK ROGET,...
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1. CHAPTER XV.17. Part III.--From the Peace of 445 B.C. to the Fall of the Thirty at=Abbott.=--_TOMMY CORNSTALK_: being Some Account of the Less Notable Features of the South African War from the Point of View of the Australian Ranks. By J. H. M. ABBOTT. Crown...