INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
BOOK I. CHAPTER I. THE CATARACT OF THE KRISHNA.
CHAPTER II. "A Night's Vigil."
CHAPTER III. THE PRIESTS OF MOODGUL.
CHAPTER IV. AN INSULT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER V. A NEW ARRIVAL.
CHAPTER VI. THE STORM AND THE FLOOD.
CHAPTER VII. CONFIDENCES AND FAREWELLS.
CHAPTER VIII. MAMA LUTEEFA PROPHESIES.
CHAPTER IX. TREACHERY.
CHAPTER X. HOW THE NIGHT PASSED.
CHAPTER XI. SAVED.
CHAPTER I. BEEJAPOOR.
CHAPTER II. A RETROSPECT.
CHAPTER III. THE EVENTS OF A DAY.
CHAPTER IV. THE EVENTS OF A DAY. - Continued.
CHAPTER V. THE ORDEAL.
CHAPTER VI. THE COMBAT.
Transcriber's Notes
A NOBLE QUEEN:
A ROMANCE OF INDIAN HISTORY.
BY
MEADOWS TAYLOR,
C.S.I., M.R.A.S., M.R.I.A., &c.
AUTHOR OF 'SEETA,' 'TARA,' AND OTHER TALES.
'O, never was there queen
So mightily betray'd!'
Antony and Cleopatra, act i. sc. iii.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1878.
(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.)
TO
HIS EXCELLENCY
MOOKHTAR-OOL MOOLK
SIR SALAR JUNG BAHADUR, G.C.S.I.
THE EMINENT AND ACCOMPLISHED STATESMAN
AND
LEADER OF ALL THE ADVANCING CIVILIZATION OF THE DEKHAN
THIS WORK,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF A PORTION OF ITS HISTORY,
IS DEDICATED
BY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND,
MEADOWS TAYLOR.
