The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy
By Marjorie Bowen
Cover: Portrait of Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1585), engraving by Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1602; CC0 Rijksmuseum)
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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.
Summary source: Wikipedia: The Viper of Milan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Table of contents
- 1: Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti
- 2: "Francisco"
- 3: The Hostage of the Estes
- 4: Valentine
- 5: The Painter's Daughter
- 6: The Rescue of Count Von Schulembourg
- 7: "Graziosa's Bracelet"
- 8: For a Lady's Gift
- 9: The Return of the Dead
- 10: The Turquoise Gloves
- 11: Mastino Della Scala
- 12: Graziosa's Lover
- 13: Valentine Visconti's Toast
- 14: The Tumult at the Western Gate
- 15: A Prisoner from Milan
- 16: For a Game of Chess
- 17: The Terrors of the Night
- 18: Giacomo Carrara's Reward
- 19: A Sign from Heaven
- 20: In the Duke's Absence
- 21: The Duke's Return
- 22: The Secret Passage
- 23: For Love of Ambrogio
- 24: Treachery
- 25: In Cloth of Gold
- 26: In Visconti's Hands
- 27: Unequal Odds
- 28: The Viper
- 29: The Ordeal of Mastino Della Scala
- 30: The Wedding
- 31: The Pride of the D'Estes
- 32: The Price of Dishonor
- 33: The Storm
- 34: An Instrument of God