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The Viper of Milan:
A Romance Of Lombardy

by

Marjorie Bowen

First Published 1906
'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.'

CONTENTS

Author's Note

1. Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti

2. 'Francisco'

3. The Hostage of the d'Estes

4. Valentine

5. The Painter's Daughter

6. The Rescue of Count von Schulembourg

7. Graziosa's Bracelet

8. For a Lady's Gift

9. The Return of the Dead

10. The Turquoise Gloves

11. Mastino della Scala

12. Graziosa's Lover

13. Valentine Visconti's Toast

14. The Tumult at the Western Gate

15. A Prisoner from Milan

16. For a Game of Chess

17. The Terrors of the Night

18. Giacomo Carrara's Reward

19. A Sign from Heaven

20. In the Duke's Absence

21. The Duke's Return

22. The Secret Passage

23. For Love of Ambrogio

24. Treachery

25. In Cloth of Gold

26. In Visconti's Hands

27. Unequal Odds

28. The Viper

29. The Ordeal of Mastino della Scala

30.