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James Grant (1822-87) was a Scottish novelist and historian. This novel set during the Crimean War of 1853-56 was first published in book form in 1872, having previously been serialised in Tinsley's Magazine from October 1871-August 1872. Excerpt: "And she is to be there--nay, is there already; so one more chance is given me to meet her. But for what?--to part again silently, and more helplessly bewitched than ever, perhaps. Ah, never will she learn to love me as I love her!" thought I, as I turned over my old friend's letter, not venturing, however, to give utterance to this aloud, as the quizzical eyes of Phil Caradoc were upon me. "A penny for your thoughts, friend Harry?" said he, laughing; "try another cigar, and rouse yourself. What the deuce is in this letter, that it affects you so? Have you put a pot of money on the wrong horse?" "Been jilted, had a bill returned, or what?" suggested Gwynne. "Neither, fortunately," said I; "it is simply an invitation from Sir Madoc Lloyd, which rather perplexes me." At this time our regiment was then in the East, awaiting with the rest of the army some movement to be made from Varna, either towards Bessarabia or the Crimea--men's minds were undecided as to which, while her Majesty's Ministers seemed to have no thought on the subject. Our depôt belonged to the provisional battalion at Winchester, where Caradoc, Gwynne, two other subalterns, and I, with some two hundred rank and file, expected ere long the fiat of the fates who reign at the Horse Guards to send us forth to win our laurels from the Russians, or, what seemed more probable, a grave where the pest was then decimating our hapless army, in the beautiful but perilous vale of Aladdyn, on the coast of Bulgaria. We had just adjourned from mess, to have a quiet cheroot and glass of brandy-and-water in my quarters, when I received from my man, Owen Evans, the letter the contents of which awakened so many new hopes and tantalising wishes in my heart, and on which so much of my fate in the future might hinge...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length16 hrs 50 mins
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Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.--THE INVITATION.
32CHAPTER XXXII.--IN THE TRENCHES.
2CHAPTER II.--THE MOTH AND THE CANDLE.
33CHAPTER XXXIII.-THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
3CHAPTER III--By EXPRESS.
34CHAPTER XXXIV.--GUILFOYLE REDIVIVUS.
4CHAPTER IV.--WINNY AND DORA LLOYD.
35CHAPTER XXXV.--THE NIGHT BEFORE INKERMANN.
5CHAPTER V.--CRAIGADERYN COURT.
36CHAPTER XXXVI.--THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
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6CHAPTER VI.--THREE GRACES.
37CHAPTER XXXVII.--THE ANGEL OF HORROR.
7CHAPTER VII.--PIQUE.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII.--THE CAMP AGAIN.
8CHAPTER VIII.--SUNDAY AT CRAIGADERYN.
39CHAPTER XXXIX.--A MAIL FROM ENGLAND.
9CHAPTER IX.-THE INITIALS.
40CHAPTER XL.--A PERILOUS DUTY.
10CHAPTER X.--A PERILOUS RAMBLE.
41CHAPTER XLI.--THE CARAVANSERAI.
11CHAPTER XI.--THE FÊTE CHAMPETRE.
42CHAPTER XLII.--THE TCHERNIMORSKI COSSACKS.
12CHAPTER XII.--ON THE CLIFFS.
43CHAPTER XLIII.--WINIFRED'S SECRET.
13CHAPTER XIII.--A PROPOSAL.
44CHAPTER XLIV.--THE CASTLE OF YALTA.
14CHAPTER XIV.--THE UNFORESEEN.
45CHAPTER XLV.--EVIL TIDINGS.
15CHAPTER XV.--WHAT THE MOON SAW.
46CHAPTER XLVI.--DELILAH.
16CHAPTER XVI.--THE SECRET ENGAGEMENT.
47CHAPTER XLVII.--VALERIE VOLHONSKI.
17CHAPTER XVII.--WHAT FOLLOWED IT.
48CHAPTER XLVIII.--THE THREATS OF TOLSTOFF.
18CHAPTER XVIII.--GUILFOYLE.
49CHAPTER XLIX.--BETROTHED.
19CHAPTER XIX.--TWO LOVES FOR ONE HEART.
50CHAPTER L.--CAUGHT AT LAST.
20CHAPTER XX.-FEARS.
51CHAPTER LI.--FLIGHT.
21CHAPTER XXI .-GEORGETTE FRANKLIN.
52CHAPTER LII.--BEFORE SEBASTOPOL STILL.
22CHAPTER XXII.--GEORGETTE FRANKLIN'S STORY.
53CHAPTER LIII.--NEWS FROM CRAIGADERYN.
23CHAPTER XXIII.--TURNING THE TABLES.
54CHAPTER LIV.--THE ASSAULT.
24CHAPTER XXIV.--BITTER THOUGHTS.
55CHAPTER LV.--INSIDE THE REDAN.
25CHAPTER XXV.--SURPRISES.
56CHAPTER LVI.--A SUNDAY MORNING IN THE CRIMEA.
26CHAPTER XXVI.--WITHOUT PURCHASE.
57CHAPTER LVII.--IN THE MONASTERY OF ST. GEORGE.
27CHAPTER XXVII.--RECONCILIATION.
58CHAPTER LVIII.--HOME.
28CHAPTER XXVIII.--ON BOARD THE URGENT.
59CHAPTER LIX.--"A DREAM WHICH WAS NOT ALL A DREAM."
29CHAPTER XXIX.--"ICH DIEN."
60CHAPTER LX.--A HONEYMOON.
30CHAPTER XXX.--NEWS OF BATTLE.
61CHAPTER LXI.--"FOR VALOUR."
31CHAPTER XXXI.-UNDER CANVAS.
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