Rienzi by Edward Bulwer-lytton

The novel is set in 14th-century Rome and follows the story of Rienzi, a young nobleman who seeks to restore the greatness of ancient Rome. He becomes a leader of the people and is elected as the Tribune of Rome, but his ambition and desire for power eventually lead to his downfall.

By Edward Bulwer-lytton · First published 1834 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Political Drama, Romance · 60 chapters

Contents

• The Brothers
• The Conjunction of Hostile Planets in the House of Death
• The Knight of Provence, and his Proposal
• The Return of Walter de Montreal to his Fortress
• The Boy Angelo - the Dream of Nina Fulfilled
• The Judgment of the Tribune
• The Retreat of the Lover
• Avignon. - The Two Pages. - The Stranger Beauty
• The Encampment
• The Triumphal Entrance
• An Historical Survey - not to Be Passed Over, Except by <br/> Those Who Dislike to Understand What They Read
• Montreal at Rome. - His Reception of Angelo Villani
• The Interview, and the Doubt
• The Life of Love and War - the Messenger of Peace - the <br/> Joust
• The Blessing of A Councillor Whose Interests and Heart Are <br/> Our Own. - the Straws Thrown Upward, - Do They Portend A Storm
• The Flight
• The Seeker
• The Character of a Warrior Priest - an Interview - the <br/> Intrigue and Counter-intrigue of Courts
• Adrian Once More the Guest of Montreal
• The Masquerade
• The Brawl
• Montreal's Banquet
• The Situation of a Popular Patrician in Times of Popular <br/> Discontent. - Scene of the Lateran
• The Conversation between the Roman and the <br/> Provencal - Adeline's History - the Moonlit Sea - the Lute and the Song
• The Actor Unmasked
• The Battle
• The Flowers Amidst the Tombs
• Holy Men. - Sagacious Deliberations. - Just Resolves. - And <br/> Sordid Motives to All
• Faithful and Ill-fated Love. - The Aspirations Survive the <br/> Affections
• Adrian's Adventures at Palestrina
• An Adventure
• The Sentence of Walter de Montreal
• The Ambitious Citizen, and the Ambitious Soldier
• The Enemy's Camp
• The Hollowness of the Base
• We Obtain What We Seek, and Know it Not
• The Lady and the Page
• The Position of the Senator. - The Work of Years. - The <br/> Rewards of Ambition
• The Description of a Conspirator, and the Dawn of the <br/> Conspiracy
• The Discovery
• The Procession of the Barons. - The Beginning of the End
• The Night and its Incidents
• The Rottenness of the Edifice
• The Error
• The Inmate of the Tower
• The Biter Bit
• Irene in the Palace of Adrian di Castello
• The Suspense
• The Conspirator Becomes the Magistrate
• The Celebrated Citation
• The Fall of the Temple
• The Scent Does Not Lie. - The Priest and the Soldier
• The Events Gather to the End
• Upon Love and Lovers
• The Tax
• Looking after the Halter when the Mare is Stolen
• The Festival
• The Successors of an Unsuccessful Revolution - Who is to <br/> Blame - the Forsaken one or the Forsakers?
• Vaucluse and its Genius Loci. - Old Acquaintance Renewed
• The Enthusiastic Man Judged by the Discreet Man

More by Edward Bulwer-lytton

• A Strange Story (1861)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)
• The Coming Race (1871)
• The Lady of Lyons (1838)
• Zanoni (1842)
• Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book I Vol I (1837)
• Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book II Vol I (1837)
• Athens: Its Rise and Fall Book III Vol II (1837)
• All works by Edward Bulwer-lytton