The Two Dianas, Volume 2

by Alexandre Dumas

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589632110
Publisher:	International Law and Taxation Publishers
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.92(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

One of the most widely read French authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous Three Musketeers trilogy, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages.

Table of Contents

I.	A Count's Son and a King's Daughter	5
II.	A Bride Who Plays with Her Doll	14
III.	The Camp	21
IV.	Diana De Poitiers	32
V.	The Apartments of the Royal Children	40
VI.	Diana De Castro	44
VII.	How the Constable De Montmorency Said His Pater Noster	50
VIII.	The Tilt-Yard	55
IX.	The Prison	59
X.	An Elegy During a Comedy	63
XI.	Peace or War	72
XII.	A Twofold Rogue	76
XIII.	The Height of Happiness	80
XIV.	Diana of Poitiers	85
XV.	Catherine De Medicis	92
XVI.	Lover or Brother	100
XVII.	The Horoscope	105
XVIII.	The Coquette	113
XIX.	Henry II. as Dauphin	117
XX.	The Use of Friends	121
XXI.	Jealousy Sometimes Abolished Titles, Even Before the Revolution	124
XXII.	Where a Woman Proves that a Man is Not Loved by Her	129
XXIII.	A Useless Devotion	133
XXIV.	How the Trace of Blood is Never Effaced	137
XXV.	The Heroic Ransom	142
XXVI.	Jean Peuquoy the Weaver	149
XXVII.	Gabriel at His Work	155
XXVIII.	Where Martin Guerre is Unfortunate	158
XXIX.	Martin Guerre Bungles	161
XXX.	Ruses De Guerre	165
XXXI.	Arnold's Memory	170
XXXII.	Theology	173
XXXIII.	Sister Benie	180
XXXIV.	A Glorious Defeat	189
XXXV.	Arnold Du Thill Does a Little Business	194
XXXVI.	More of the Honorable Negotiations of Arnold Du Thill	203
XXXVII.	Lord Wentworth	206
XXXVIII.	A Jailer in Love	212
XXXIX.	The Armorer's House	217
XL.	In which a Variety of Events are Grouped Together with Much Art	225
XLI.	How Arnold Du Thill Had Arnold Du Thill Hanged at Noyon	234
XLII.	The Pastoral Dreams of Arnold Du Thill	249
XLIII.	Pierre Peuquoy's Arms, Jean Peuquoy's Ropes, and Babette Peuquoy's Tears	261
XLIV.	Continuation of Martin Guerre's Tribulations	273
XLV.	Wherein the Character of Martin Guerre Begins to be Rehabilitated	282
XLVI.	Philosopher and Soldier	290
XLVII.	The Loveliness of Mary Stuart is as Fleeting in This Romance as it is in the History of France	302
XLVIII.	The Other Diana	309
XLIX.	A Great Idea for a Great Man	317
L.	A Side View of Certain Warriors	323
LI.	Not Such a Fool as He Looked	336
LII.	The 31st of December, 1557	344
LIII.	During the Cannonade	353
LIV.	Under the Tent	364
LV.	Little Boats Save Big Ships	372
LVI.	Obscuri Sola Sub Nocte	382
LVII.	Between Two Abysses	389
LVIII.	Arnold Du Thill Works More Evil to Poor Martin Guerre When Absent Than When Present	395
LIX.	Lord Wentworth at Bay	403
LX.	Love Disdained	411