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"Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes" – Bulwer-Lytton has created a true masterpiece that inspired none other than the great Wagner to create his opera titled "Rienzi." Set during the Italian Renaissance period, in the 14th century, the story depicts the rise and fall of Rienzi, the beloved last Tribune of Rome and his lovely wife Nina. Intrigue dog this great man at every stage and backstabbers are always around the corner, but Reinzi towers above them all. However, his formidable nemesis, Walter de Montreal, will not let him go that easily…
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GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length19 hrs 51 mins
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Publish dateMay 7, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF RIENZI.
42CHAPTER V. THE ROTTENNESS OF THE EDIFICE.
2PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION, 1848.
43CHAPTER VI. THE FALL OF THE TEMPLE.
3BOOK I. THE TIME, THE PLACE, AND THE MEN.
44CHAPTER VII. THE SUCCESSORS OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION—WHO IS TO BLAME—THE FORSAKEN ONE OR THE FORSAKERS?
4CHAPTER I. THE BROTHERS.
45BOOK VI. THE PLAGUE.
5CHAPTER II. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY—NOT TO BE PASSED OVER, EXCEPT BY
46CHAPTER 1. THE RETREAT OF THE LOVER.
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6CHAPTER III. THE BRAWL.
47CHAPTER II. THE SEEKER.
7CHAPTER IV. AN ADVENTURE.
48CHAPTER III. THE FLOWERS AMIDST THE TOMBS.
8CHAPTER V. THE DESCRIPTION OF A CONSPIRATOR, AND THE DAWN OF THE CONSPIRACY.
49CHAPTER IV. WE OBTAIN WHAT WE SEEK, AND KNOW IT NOT.
9CHAPTER VI. IRENE IN THE PALACE OF ADRIAN DI CASTELLO.
50CHAPTER V. THE ERROR.
10CHAPTER VII. UPON LOVE AND LOVERS.
51BOOK VII. THE PRISON.
11CHAPTER VIII. THE ENTHUSIASTIC MAN JUDGED BY THE DISCREET MAN.
52CHAPTER I. AVIGNON.—THE TWO PAGES.—THE STRANGER BEAUTY.
12CHAPTER IX. “WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW THIS PICTURE, EVERY ONE MARVELLED.”
53CHAPTER II. THE CHARACTER OF A WARRIOR PRIEST—AN INTERVIEW—THE INTRIGUE AND COUNTER-INTRIGUE OF COURTS.
13CHAPTER X. A ROUGH SPIRIT RAISED, WHICH MAY HEREAFTER REND THE WIZARD.
54CHAPTER III. HOLY MEN.—SAGACIOUS DELIBERATIONS.—JUST RESOLVES.—AND SORDID MOTIVES TO ALL.
14CHAPTER XI. NINA DI RASELLI.
55CHAPTER IV. THE LADY AND THE PAGE.
15CHAPTER XII. THE STRANGE ADVENTURES THAT BEFEL WALTER DE MONTREAL.
56CHAPTER V. THE INMATE OF THE TOWER.
16BOOK II. THE REVOLUTION
57CHAPTER VI. THE SCENT DOES NOT LIE.—THE PRIEST AND THE SOLDIER.
17CHAPTER I. THE KNIGHT OF PROVENCE, AND HIS PROPOSAL.
58CHAPTER VII. VAUCLUSE AND ITS GENIUS LOCI.—OLD ACQUAINTANCE RENEWED.
18CHAPTER II. THE INTERVIEW, AND THE DOUBT.
59CHAPTER VIII. THE CROWD.—THE TRIAL.—THE VERDICT.—THE SOLDIER AND THE PAGE.
19CHAPTER III. THE SITUATION OF A POPULAR PATRICIAN IN TIMES OF POPULAR DISCONTENT.—SCENE OF THE LATERAN.
60CHAPTER IX. ALBORNOZ AND NINA.
20CHAPTER IV. THE AMBITIOUS CITIZEN, AND THE AMBITIOUS SOLDIER.
61BOOK VIII. THE GRAND COMPANY.
21CHAPTER V. THE PROCESSION OF THE BARONS.—THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
62CHAPTER I. THE ENCAMPMENT.
22CHAPTER VI. THE CONSPIRATOR BECOMES THE MAGISTRATE.
63CHAPTER II. ADRIAN ONCE MORE THE GUEST OF MONTREAL.
23CHAPTER VII. LOOKING AFTER THE HALTER WHEN THE MARE IS STOLEN.
64CHAPTER III. FAITHFUL AND ILL-FATED LOVE.—THE ASPIRATIONS SURVIVE THE AFFECTIONS.
24CHAPTER VIII. THE ATTACK—THE RETREAT—THE ELECTION—AND THE ADHESION.
65BOOK IX. THE RETURN.
25BOOK III. THE FREEDOM WITHOUT LAW.
66CHAPTER I. THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRANCE.
26CHAPTER I. THE RETURN OF WALTER DE MONTREAL TO HIS FORTRESS.
67CHAPTER II. THE MASQUERADE.
27CHAPTER II. THE LIFE OF LOVE AND WAR—THE MESSENGER OF PEACE—THE JOUST.
68CHAPTER III. ADRIAN’S ADVENTURES AT PALESTRINA.
28CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE ROMAN AND THE PROVENCAL—ADELINE’S HISTORY—THE MOONLIT SEA—THE LUTE AND THE SONG.
69CHAPTER IV. THE POSITION OF THE SENATOR.—THE WORK OF YEARS.—THE REWARDS OF AMBITION.
29BOOK IV. THE TRIUMPH AND THE POMP.
70CHAPTER V. THE BITER BIT.
30CHAPTER I. THE BOY ANGELO—THE DREAM OF NINA FULFILLED.
71CHAPTER VI. THE EVENTS GATHER TO THE END.
31CHAPTER II. THE BLESSING OF A COUNCILLOR WHOSE INTERESTS AND HEART ARE OUR OWN.—THE STRAWS THROWN UPWARD—DO THEY PORTEND A STORM.
72BOOK X. THE LION Of BASALT.
32CHAPTER III. THE ACTOR UNMASKED.
73CHAPTER I. THE CONJUNCTION OF HOSTILE PLANETS IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH.
33CHAPTER IV. THE ENEMY’S CAMP.
74CHAPTER II. MONTREAL AT ROME.—HIS RECEPTION OF ANGELO VILLANI.
34CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT AND ITS INCIDENTS.
75CHAPTER III. MONTREAL’S BANQUET.
35CHAPTER VI. THE CELEBRATED CITATION.
76CHAPTER IV. THE SENTENCE OF WALTER DE MONTREAL.
36CHAPTER VII. THE FESTIVAL.
77CHAPTER V. THE DISCOVERY.
37BOOK V. THE CRISIS.
78CHAPTER VI. THE SUSPENSE.
38CHAPTER I. THE JUDGMENT OF THE TRIBUNE.
79CHAPTER VII. THE TAX.
39CHAPTER II. THE FLIGHT.
80CHAPTER VIII. THE THRESHOLD OF THE EVENT.
40CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE.
81CHAPTER The Last. THE CLOSE OF THE CHASE.
41CHAPTER IV. THE HOLLOWNESS OF THE BASE.
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