{"product_id":"2940013410145","title":"The Helment of Navarre","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                                           PAGE\u003cbr\u003e     I  A FLASH OF LIGHTNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3\u003cbr\u003e    II  AT THE AMOUR DE DIEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9\u003cbr\u003e   III  M. LE DUC IS WELL GUARDED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16\u003cbr\u003e    IV  THE THREE MEN IN THE WINDOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27\u003cbr\u003e     V  RAPIERS AND A VOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37\u003cbr\u003e    VI  A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51\u003cbr\u003e   VII  A DIVIDED DUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62\u003cbr\u003e  VIII  CHARLES-ANDRÉ-ÉTIENNE-MARIE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74\u003cbr\u003e    IX  THE HONOUR OF ST. QUENTIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  85\u003cbr\u003e     X  LUCAS AND \"LE GAUCHER\" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96\u003cbr\u003e    XI  VIGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107\u003cbr\u003e   XII  THE COMTE DE MAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120\u003cbr\u003e  XIII  MADEMOISELLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134\u003cbr\u003e   XIV  IN THE ORATORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153\u003cbr\u003e    XV  MY LORD MAYENNE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167\u003cbr\u003e   XVI  MAYENNE'S WARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186\u003cbr\u003e  XVII  \"I'LL WIN MY LADY!\". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203\u003cbr\u003e XVIII  TO THE BASTILLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222\u003cbr\u003e   XIX  TO THE HÔTEL DE LORRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241\u003cbr\u003e    XX  \"ON GUARD, MONSIEUR\" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251\u003cbr\u003e   XXI  A CHANCE ENCOUNTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266\u003cbr\u003e  XXII  THE SIGNET OF THE KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278\u003cbr\u003e XXIII  THE CHEVALIER OF THE TOURNELLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV  THE FLORENTINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319\u003cbr\u003e   XXV  A DOUBLE MASQUERADE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI  WITHIN THE SPIDER'S WEB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362\u003cbr\u003e XXVII  THE COUNTERSIGN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII  ST. DENIS--AND NAVARRE!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX  THE TWO DUKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423\u003cbr\u003e   XXX  MY YOUNG LORD SETTLES SCORES WITH TWO FOES AT ONCE . . . . 440\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI  \"THE VERY PATTERN OF A KING\" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_A flash of lightning._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the stair-foot the landlord stopped me. \"Here, lad, take a candle.\u003cbr\u003eThe stairs are dark, and, since I like your looks, I would not have you\u003cbr\u003ebreak your neck.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And give the house a bad name,\" I said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No fear of that; my house has a good name. There is no fairer inn in\u003cbr\u003eall Paris. And your chamber is a good chamber, though you will have\u003cbr\u003elarger, doubtless, when you are Minister of Finance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis raised a laugh among the tavern idlers, for I had been bragging a\u003cbr\u003ebit of my prospects. I retorted:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When I am, Maître Jacques, look out for a rise in your taxes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe laugh was turned on mine host, and I retired with the honours of\u003cbr\u003ethat encounter. And though the stairs were the steepest I ever climbed,\u003cbr\u003eI had the breath and the spirit to whistle all the way up. What mattered\u003cbr\u003eit that already I ached in every bone, that the stair was long and my\u003cbr\u003ebed but a heap of straw in the garret of a mean inn in a poor quarter? I\u003cbr\u003ewas in Paris, the city of my dreams!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI am a Broux of St. Quentin. The great world has never heard of the\u003cbr\u003eBroux? No matter; they have existed these hundreds of years, Masters of\u003cbr\u003ethe Forest, and faithful servants of the dukes of St. Quentin. The great\u003cbr\u003eworld has heard of the St. Quentins? I warrant you! As loudly as it has\u003cbr\u003eof Sully and Villeroi, Trémouille and Biron. That is enough for the\u003cbr\u003eBroux.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145670115568,"sku":"2940013410145","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013410145_p0.jpg?v=1763580877","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013410145","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}