Clementina

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Historical Fiction

Authors: A. E. W. Mason In Year : 1901

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Clementina

Chapter I, A Chance Meeting, Chapter II, Bad News
Chapter III, Wogan Makes a Proposal
Chapter IV, Shows That There Are Better Hiding-Places Than a Window-Curtain
Chapter V, Shows That A Dishonest Landlord Should Avoid White Paint
Chapter VI, Wogan Continues His Journey
Chapter VII, Wogan Is Mistaken For A More Notable Man
Chapter VIII, At Schlestadt
Chapter IX, Gaydon Minds His Own Business
Chapter X, A Month Of Waiting, Chapter XI, The Prince Of Baden Visits Clementina
Chapter XII, The Night Of The 27th. In The Streets Of Innspruck
Chapter XIII, The Night Of The 27th. In Clementina's Apartments
Chapter XIV, The Escape
Chapter XV, The Flight To Italy: Wogan's City Of Dreams
Chapter XVI, The Flight To Italy: The Potent Effects Of A Water-Jug
Chapter XVII, The Flight To Italy: A Growing Cloud
Chapter XVIII, Wogan and Clementina Continue Their Journey Alone
Chapter XIX, The Attack At Peri
Chapter XX, The God Of The Machine Does Not Appear
Chapter XXI, Complications At Bologna
Chapter XXII, Clementina Takes Mr. Wogan to Visit the Caprara Palace
Chapter XXIII, Wogan Learns That He Has Meddled
Chapter XXIV, Maria Vittoria Reappears
Chapter XXV, The Last, and Epilogue

This well-written novel is a fictional account of a true historical rescue mission. In 1719, at the age of 17, when she was on her way across Europe to marry James Stuart, the Catholic pretender to the British throne, Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska was kidnapped and held prisoner by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, with the approval of his ally, the Protestant king of England. The king feared that the marriage would produce heirs who might raise a rebellion against the Crown, though Stuart’s own rebellion had failed four years earlier. But Irish soldier of fortune and Stuart's ablest spy, hatches a daring plot to rescue the princess. Filled with spies, romance, palace intrigue and uncertain loyalties, this is the story of how Charles Wogan, once indicted for High Treason in Protestant England, set out to play his part on the international stage. Failure would mean certain death at the hands of Wogan's powerful enemies. But would success bring the result he expects? (Jacquerie)

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