MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02271cam a22002411 4500
001 39018155
003 DLC
005 20050826174530.0
008 790717s1939 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 39018155
035 $a(OCoLC)5178800
040 $aDLC$cNMvUA$dOCoLC$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aD24$b.S323
082 $a940.04
100 1 $aSabatini, Rafael,$d1875-1950.
245 14 $aThe historical nights' entertainment,$cby Rafael Sabatini. First and second series in one volume.
250 $aDe luxe ed.
260 $aNew York,$bGarden City Publishing Co., inc.$c[1939]
300 $a1 p. l., [v]-xii, 2 l., [3]-387 p., 3 l., [ix]-xiii, [3]-404 p.$c22 cm.
505 0 $aFirst series: The night of Holyrood: the murder of David Rizzio. The night of Kirk o'Field: the murder of Darnley. The night of betrayal: Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain. The night of charity: the case of the Lady Alice Lisle. The night of massacre: the story of the St. Bartholomew. The night of witchcraft: Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. The night of gems: the affaire of the queen's necklace. The night of terror: the drownings at Nantes under Carrier. The night of nuptials: Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt. The night of stranglers; Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary. The night of hate; the murder of the Duke of Gandia. The night of escape; Casanova's escape from the Plombi. The night of masquerade: the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden.--Second series: The absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. The false Demetrius; Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible.
500 $a--The hermosa fembra; an episode of the Inquisition in Seville. The pastry-cook of Madrigal; the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal. The end of the "vert galant"; the assassination of Henry IV. The barren wooing; the murder of Amy Robsart. Sir Judas; the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh. His Insolence of Buckingham; George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria. The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon. The tragedy of Herrenhausen; Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea. The tyrannicide; Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat. The honour of Varano. The lust of conquest. The Pasquinade.
650 0 $aHistory.