The Viper of Milan
"Lovely in the midst of crime,
And yet unlovely through excess of guilt,
He dazzled through that dim-lit time,
And noble blood for a vain shadow spilt."
Copyright, 1906, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
To My Mother
CONTENTS
- Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti
- "Francisco"
- The Hostage of the Estes
- Valentine
- The Painter's Daughter
- The Rescue of Count von Schulembourg
- "Graziosa's Bracelet"
- For a Lady's Gift
- The Return of the Dead
- The Turquoise Gloves
- Mastino della Scala
- Graziosa's Lover
- Valentine Visconti's Toast
- The Tumult at the Western Gate
- A Prisoner from Milan
- For a Game of Chess
- The Terrors of the Night
- Giacomo Carrara's Reward
- A Sign from Heaven
- In the Duke's Absence
- The Duke's Return
- The Secret Passage
- For Love of Ambrogio
- Treachery
- In Cloth of Gold
- In Visconti's Hands
- Unequal Odds
- The Viper
- The Ordeal of Mastino della Scala
- The Wedding
- The Pride of the d'Estes
- The Price of Dishonor
- The Storm
- An Instrument of God
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