{"product_id":"2940014796446","title":"The Hill of Venus","description":"The Hill of Venus by Nathan Gallizier, author of “Castel del Monte,” “The Sorceress of Rome,” and “The Court of Lucifer”; pictures by E. H. Garrett\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003ePoem by James Thomson\u003cbr\u003eBook the First: The Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Summons\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Pledge\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Vistas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Proserpina\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Waves of Destiny\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Broken Troth\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Passage\u003cbr\u003eBook the Second: The Pilgrimage\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Vigil of Santa Maria Assunta\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Passing of Conradino\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Tonsure and Thorn\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Call\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Dells of Vallombrosa\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Duke of Spoleto\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Rome!\u003cbr\u003eBook the Third: The Bondage\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The White Lady\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Feast at the Capitol\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Quaint Wayfarers\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Pawn of the Church\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Red Tower\u003cbr\u003eBook the Fourth: The Passion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Siren Land\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Lady of Shadows\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. An Interlude\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Hill of Venus\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Twilight Waters\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Crimson Night\u003cbr\u003eBook the Fifth: The Apostacy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. A Legend\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Memories\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Grail of Love\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Dead Leaves\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Abbey of Farfa\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Retribution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Quest\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Anchoress of Narni\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Dawn \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook the First: The Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Summons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the time of the summer solstice in the year 1266.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvening was falling on the Basilicata, the shadowy, hazy twilight of the fading midsummer day. The pale green leaves of the olive-branches hung limply from their boughs, but the great willows which drooped over the meandering tide of the Garigliano now and then stirred a feathery twig in response to the delicate touch of the evening breeze. The sun had entered the waters of ancient Liris for his evening bath, leaving his robes of crimson and gold draped in the western sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything in this fabled land had grown enchanted in the sunset glow. The plane-trees drooped their leaves, as if wrapped in silent dreams. In the poppy-fields the shrill insect voices were hushed, wan presage of the coming dusk. The Liris rolled his sunset crimson gold between the broken scenery of the hills, and the dark forests of the Murgie spread waving shadows over the sun-kissed Apulian plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo eastward the towering promontory of Monte Gargano, with the shrines of St. Michael, patron of the Sea, rose sheer and precipitous from the restless element which laved its base. The milk-white Apulian towns of Foggia, Trani and Bitonto faded into the horizon to southward, and the shadowy outlines of Castel del Monte, rising upon a conical hill in the remote Basilicata, terminated the view to westward. (Continued)","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163930706160,"sku":"2940014796446","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014796446_p0.jpg?v=1763615444","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014796446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}