The Viper of Milan

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE GIAN GALEAZZO MARIA VISCONTI

CHAPTER TWO "FRANCISCO"

CHAPTER THREE THE HOSTAGE OF THE ESTES

CHAPTER FOUR VALENTINE

CHAPTER FIVE THE PAINTER'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER SIX THE RESCUE OF COUNT VON SCHULEMBOURG

CHAPTER SEVEN "GRAZIOSA'S BRACELET"

CHAPTER EIGHT FOR A LADY'S GIFT

CHAPTER NINE THE RETURN OF THE DEAD

CHAPTER TEN THE TURQUOISE GLOVES

CHAPTER ELEVEN MASTINO DELLA SCALA

CHAPTER TWELVE GRAZIOSA'S LOVER

CHAPTER THIRTEEN VALENTINE VISCONTI'S TOAST

CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE TUMULT AT THE WESTERN GATE

CHAPTER FIFTEEN A PRISONER FROM MILAN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN FOR A GAME OF CHESS

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN GIACOMO CARRARA'S REWARD

CHAPTER NINETEEN A SIGN FROM HEAVEN

CHAPTER TWENTY IN THE DUKE'S ABSENCE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE DUKE'S RETURN

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO THE SECRET PASSAGE

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE FOR LOVE OF AMBROGIO

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR TREACHERY

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE IN CLOTH OF GOLD

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX IN VISCONTI'S HANDS

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN UNEQUAL ODDS

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT THE VIPER

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE THE ORDEAL OF MASTINO DELLA SCALA

CHAPTER THIRTY THE WEDDING

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE THE PRIDE OF THE D'ESTES

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO THE PRICE OF DISHONOR

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE STORM

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD