# Strange Pages from Family Papers

Author: Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger), 1848-1923

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17050

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Strange+Pages+from+Family+Papers+Thiselton-Dyer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Many a strange and curious romance has been handed down in the history of our great families, relative to the terrible curses uttered in cases of dire extremity against persons considered guilty of injustice and wrong doing. It is to such fearful imprecations that the misfortune and downfall of certain houses have been attributed, although, it may be, centuries have elapsed before their final fulfilment. Such curses, too, unlike the fatal "Curse of Kehama," have rarely turned into blessings, nor have they been thought to be as harmless as the curse of the Cardinal-Archbishop of Rheims, who banned the thief--both body and soul, his life and for ever--who stole his ring. It was an awful cur...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-pages-from-family-papers-17050/chapters/1/index.md)