Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval RomeGallizier, Nathan
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Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome
Gallizier, Nathan
Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420 -- Fiction
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WHAT ALLAH WILLS is a big story of love and adventure. Mr. Gordon is
the author of two notable non-fiction successes, but he scores heavily
in this, his first work of fiction.
UNDER THE WITCHES' MOON
_By Nathan Gallizier_
_Author of "The Sorceress of Rome," "The Court of
Lucifer," "The Hill of Venus," etc._
_Illustrated by The Kinneys, cloth 12mo, net, $1.50;
carriage paid, $1.65_
This romantic tale of tenth-century Rome concerns itself with the
fortunes and adventures of Tristan of Avalon while in the Eternal City
on a pilgrimage to do penance for his love of Hellayne, the wife of his
liege lord, Count Roger de Laval.
Tristan's meeting with the Queen Courtesan of the Aventine; her
infatuation for the pilgrim; Tristan's rounds of obediences, cut short
by his appointment as Captain of Sant' Angelo by Alberic, Senator
of Rome; the intrigues of Basil, the Grand Chamberlain, who aspires
to the dominion of Rome and the love of Theodora; the trials of
Hellayne, who alternately falls into the power of Basil and Theodora;
the scene between the Grand Chamberlain and Bessarion in the ruins
of the Coliseum; the great feud between Roxana and Theodora and the
final overthrow of the latter's regime constitute some of the dramatic
episodes of the romance.
"This new book adds greater weight to the claim that Mr.
Gallizier is the greatest writer of historical novels in America
today."--_Cincinnati Times-Star._
"In many respects we consider Mr. Gallizier the most versatile and
interesting writer of the day."--_Saxby's Magazine._
_A third CHEERFUL BOOK_
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SYLVIA ARDEN DECIDES
By Margaret R. Piper
_A Sequel to "Sylvia's Experiment: The Cheerful Book"_
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_and "Sylvia of the Hill Top"_
_Illustrated, decorative jacket, net, $1.35; carriage paid,
$1.50_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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