Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Illustrations 9
4. Introduction 11
5. The Argument 41
6. Dramatis Personae 43
7. Geographical Background 45
8. CHAPTER I The Birth of a Princess 47
9. CHAPTER II Love Dawns 50
10. CHAPTER III Alexander, Lord of Elbe 55
11. CHAPTER TV The Lady of Aspin Castle 69
12. CHAPTER V Julius Again 82
13. CHAPTER VI Conquest 93
14. CHAPTER VII Revenge 101
15. CHAPTER VIII Crumbling of an Empire 113
16. CHAPTER IX The Fugitive 120
17. CHAPTER X Fifteen Wild Decembers 125
18. CHAPTER XI Fernando De Samara 133
19. CHAPTER XII The Death of a Queen 143
20. Appendixes
21. APPENDIX I Emily Bronte s Poems Pertaining to the Republican-Royalist War in Gondal 163
22. APPENDIX II Emily and Anne Bronte s Prose Notes 185
23. Indexes
24. Index of First Lines 199
25. General Index 205