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A novel

A rogue's tragedy

Bernard Capes

Yolande loves Louis-Marie Saint-Péray, but her father, the Chevalier de France, pressures her into marrying Augias di Rocco in exchange for securing him the office of War Minister.

32 chapters · about 5 hours

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How it begins

On the day when Augias, Conte di Rocco, was raised to the Marquisate and made a member of the Government of Victor-Amadeus III., titular King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy and Piedmont, an express was despatched from Turin by that newly-aggrandised nobleman to the Chevalier de France in his Hôtel Beausite at Le Prieuré, demanding in marriage the hand of the Chevalier’s only child and daughter, Yolande of the white hands.

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About the book

Length

32 chapters in 3 parts

First published

Undated

Contents

Part I

  1. Chapter 110 min
  2. Chapter 210 min
  3. Chapter 316 min
  4. Chapter 46 min
  5. Chapter 59 min
  6. Chapter 612 min
  7. Chapter 77 min

Part II

  1. Chapter 114 min
  2. Chapter 24 min
  3. Chapter 313 min
  4. Chapter 416 min
  5. Chapter 511 min
  6. Chapter 66 min
  7. Chapter 711 min
  8. Chapter 810 min
  9. Chapter 97 min
  10. Chapter 108 min
  11. Chapter 1114 min
  12. Chapter 1225 min
  13. Chapter 1311 min

Part III

  1. Chapter 111 min
  2. Chapter 28 min
  3. Chapter 32 min
  4. Chapter 414 min
  5. Chapter 513 min
  6. Chapter 610 min
  7. Chapter 79 min
  8. Chapter 87 min
  9. Chapter 93 min
  10. Chapter 1017 min
  11. Chapter 116 min
  12. Chapter 124 min

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