# The House of Egremont

Author: Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916; Relyea, C. M. (Charles M.), 1863-1932 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71284

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+House+of+Egremont+Seawell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE fortunes of the House of Egremont had their first great bloom through the agency of a platter of beans; and through a platter of beans more than a hundred years later the elder branch was ousted from one of the greatest estates in England, became wanderers and gentlemen adventurers throughout Europe, fought in quarrels not their own, served sovereigns of foreign countries, knew the dazzling heights of glory, and fell into the mire of penury and disrepute. An Egremont had the ear of kings, and another Egremont mounted the gallows. They mated sometimes with princes and dukes, and sometimes they were thought fit to mate with the daughters of their gaolers. Some of them were great at play...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-house-of-egremont-71284/chapters/3/index.md)