Publisher's Synopsis
THE ABSOLUTION - Affonso Henriques, First King of Portugal THE FALSE DEMETRIUS - Boris Godunov and the Pretended Son of Ivan the Terrible 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 Ralegh 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