Project Gutenberg 2012-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 63 Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 Hawkins, Anthony Hope Van Schaick, S. W. (Stephen Wilson) 1920 Schaick, S. W. van (Stephen Wilson) Van Schaick, Stephen Wilson Vanschaick, Stephen W. (Stephen Wilson) The Chronicles of Count Antonio E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "The Chronicles of Count Antonio" by Anthony Hope is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. It follows Count Antonio of Monte Velluto, who becomes an outlaw after defying Duke Valentine, the ruler of Firmola, in a quest for love and justice. The narrative weaves themes of loyalty, rebellion, and the intertwining of romantic love with political intrigue. At the start of the novel, Count Antonio approaches Duke Valentine to seek permission to marry Lady Lucia, a ward of the Duke. However, the Duke has other plans, promising the lady to a favored suitor, Lord Robert de Beauregard. Defiant and deeply in love, Antonio's rejection of the Duke's authority sets off a chain of events that lead to his outlaw status. The opening chapters establish a tense atmosphere filled with political manipulation, personal betrayal, and foreshadow a gripping conflict as Antonio, fueled by love and loyalty, prepares to confront the Duke's tyranny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40570/40570-h/images/cover.jpg en Love stories Italy -- Fiction Adventure stories Nobility -- Fiction Outlaws -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 381533 381271 2024-09-17T06:57:10.851416 2023-09-17T15:06:02.486337 text/html text/html 379752 2012-08-23T17:31:24 text/html 582550 2012-08-23T17:34:00 text/html application/zip 633082 2024-09-17T06:57:15.418371 application/epub+zip 637439 2024-09-17T06:57:11.576379 application/epub+zip 203952 2024-09-17T06:57:11.209411 application/epub+zip 744708 2024-09-17T06:57:18.573353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 726971 2024-09-17T06:57:15.070362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293723 2022-09-18T14:52:08.128416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366481 366257 2024-09-17T06:57:10.358553 2023-09-17T15:06:02.001352 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 365986 2012-08-23T17:28:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131843 2012-08-23T17:28:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 365993 2012-08-23T17:28:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131846 2012-08-23T17:28:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21966 2024-09-17T06:57:18.728349 application/rdf+xml 21485 2024-09-17T06:57:11.289394 image/jpeg 2840 2024-09-17T06:57:11.250386 image/jpeg 581391 2024-09-17T06:57:10.894429 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia