LOVE ROMANCES OF THE ARISTOCRACY
By
THORNTON HALL, F.S.A.
BARRISTER-AT-LAW
AUTHOR OF "LOVE INTRIGUES OF ROYAL COURTS," ETC. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD'S INN
ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF HAMILTON
TO
MRS TOM HESKETH
L'amitié est l'amour sans ailes
PREFACE
My object in writing this book has been to present as many phases aspossible of the strangely romantic story of the British Peerage, so thatthose who have not the time or facilities for exploring the library ofbooks over which these stories are scattered, may be able, within thecompass of a single volume, to review the panorama of our aristocracy,with its tragedy and comedy, its romance and pathos, its foibles and itsfollies, in a few hours of what I sincerely hope will prove agreeablereading. If my book gives to any reader a fraction of the pleasure Ihave derived from its writing, I shall be more than rewarded for alabour which has been to me a delight.
THORNTON HALL.
As love plays a prominent part in at least twenty of these stones, andis only really absent from one or two of them, I venture to hope that mygood friends, the reviewers, who have been so kind to my previous books,will not find fault with my title, which, more accurately than any otherI can think of, describes the nature and scope of my book.
T.H.
CONTENTS
  • CHAP.PAGE
    1. A PRINCESS OF PRUDES                   1
    2. THE NIGHTINGALE OF BATH                21
    3. THE ROMANCE OF THE VILLIERS            36
    4. THE STAIN ON THE SHIRLEY 'SCUTCHEON    51
    5. A GHOSTLY VISITANT                     62
    6. A MESSALINA OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 74
    7. A PROFLIGATE PRINCE                    87
    8. THE GORGEOUS COUNTESS                  96
    9. A QUEEN OF COQUETTES                   110
    10. THE ADVENTURES OF A VISCOUNT'S DAUGHTER127
    11. A SIXTEENTH CENTURY ELOPEMENT          136
    12. TRAGEDIES OF THE TURF                  148
    13. THE WICKED BARON                       165
    14. A FAIR INTRIGANTE 177
    15. THE MERRY DUCHESS                      195
    16. THE KING AND THE PRETTY HAYMAKER       207
    17. THE COUNTESS                         
      ...
                              
      BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!

                              
      Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!