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Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2

Name: Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth

William Harrison Ainsworth

Read by OliverBoliver, Deon Gines and Jennifer Borkowski · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Poison (5:39)
Counter-Poison (13:53)
Showing that our pleasant vices are made the whips to scourge us (6:18)
How the forged confession was produced (14:40)
A visit to Sir Giles Mompresson's habitation near the fleet (19:19)
Of the wager between the Conde de Gondemar and the Marquis of Buckingham (9:42)
A Cloud in the Horizon (8:28)
Whitehall (13:28)
Prince Charles (8:05)
The old Palace-Yard of Westminster (13:03)
The Tilt-Yard (7:13)
The Tilting Match (8:44)
The Felon Knight (8:57)
The private Cabinet of Sir Giles Mompresson (10:25)
Clement Lanyere's Story (11:59)
Sir Jocelyn's Rupture with de Gondemar (10:46)
Disgrace (7:19)
How Sir Jocelyn's Cause was espaoused by the 'prentices (14:24)
A Noble Revenge (10:08)
A Place of Refuge (6:56)
The Arrest (18:01)
The Old Fleet Prison (12:00)
How Sir Jocelyn was brought to the Fleet (8:25)
The Abduction (20:49)
The Stone Coffin (14:07)
A Secret Friend (5:47)
Showing how Judgment was given by King James in the Star Chamber in the great Cause of the Countess of Exeter against Sir Thomas and Lady Lake (18:21)
The Two Warrants (11:32)
The Silver Coffer (27:44)
How the Marriage was Interrupted (21:04)
Accusations (39:44)
Judgment (15:09)
Concluding Chapter -- Retribution (34:45)