AUTHOR OF "THE GORGEOUS BORGIA" "SERAPHICA"
"IF I WERE KING" ETC. "The God of Love—ah, Benedicite,
How mighty and how great a lord is he!"
—Chaucer. NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMIX
Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved Published October, 1909.
TO JUSTIN McCARTHY
| CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | The May-day Queen | 1 | | II. | A Child and a Child | 28 | | III. | Vittoria | 46 | | IV. | The Words of the Image | 54 | | V. | One Way With a Quarrel | 66 | | VI. | Lover and Lass | 80 | | VII. | Concerning Poetry | 92 | | VIII. | Monna Vittoria Sends Me a Message | 108 | | IX. | Madonna Vittoria Sounds a Warning | 120 | | X. | The Devils of Arezzo | 131 | | XI. | Messer Folco's Festival | 138 | | XII. | Dante Reads Rhymes | 144 | | XIII. | Go-Betweens | 164 | | XIV. | Messer Simone Spoils Sport | 176 | | XV. | A Spy in the Night | 190 | | XVI. | The Talk of Lovers | 204 | | XVII. | A Strange Betrothal | 215 | | XVIII. | A Word for Messer Simone | 225 | | XIX. | The Ride in the Night | 243 | | XX. | The Fight With Those of Arezzo | 256 | | XXI. | Maleotti Bears False Witness | 266 | | XXII. | The Return of the Reds | 279 | | XXIII. | The Peace of the City | 286 | | XXIV. | Breaking the Peace | 297 | | XXV. | Meeting and Parting | 309 | | XXVI. | The Enemy at the Gate | 322 | | XXVII. | The Solitary City | 335 | | Note | 343 |
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