The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy

by Marjorie Bowen

Credits: Marjorie Bowen (author)

Summary

The Viper of Milan is a 1906 historical novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen. Written when she was sixteen it received a number of rejections from publishers before its eventual publication. It proved a bestseller and launched her on a prolific career involving many popular successes. It is set in Renaissance Italy during the fourteenth century. It portrays the relentless rivalry between Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan and Mastino della Scala, a dispossessed ruler of Verona. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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Chapters (34)

  1. 1. Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti
  2. 2. "Francisco"
  3. 3. The Hostage of the Estes
  4. 4. Valentine
  5. 5. The Painter's Daughter
  6. 6. The Rescue of Count Von Schulembourg
  7. 7. "Graziosa's Bracelet"
  8. 8. For a Lady's Gift
  9. 9. The Return of the Dead
  10. 10. The Turquoise Gloves
  11. 11. Mastino Della Scala
  12. 12. Graziosa's Lover
  13. 13. Valentine Visconti's Toast
  14. 14. The Tumult at the Western Gate
  15. 15. A Prisoner from Milan
  16. 16. For a Game of Chess
  17. 17. The Terrors of the Night
  18. 18. Giacomo Carrara's Reward
  19. 19. A Sign from Heaven
  20. 20. In the Duke's Absence
  21. 21. The Duke's Return
  22. 22. The Secret Passage
  23. 23. For Love of Ambrogio
  24. 24. Treachery
  25. 25. In Cloth of Gold
  26. 26. In Visconti's Hands
  27. 27. Unequal Odds
  28. 28. The Viper
  29. 29. The Ordeal of Mastino Della Scala
  30. 30. The Wedding
  31. 31. The Pride of the D'Estes
  32. 32. The Price of Dishonor
  33. 33. The Storm
  34. 34. An Instrument of God

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