A
LADDER OF SWORDS
A TALE OF LOVE, LAUGHTER
AND TEARS

BY
GILBERT PARKER

“On every height there lies repose, and so mustwe still be climbing, but alas! I have been climbinga ladder of swords these many years”

(From a woman’s letter)

ILLUSTRATED BY THE KINNEYS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1904

To
The Countess of Darnley
Whose Home Contains Many Relics and
Memories of the Spacious Times of
Queen Elizabeth, the Friend
of Michel and Angèle

A Note

There will be found a few anachronisms in this tale, but none soimportant as to give a wrong impression of the events of QueenElizabeth’s reign.

Illustrations

“SHE SCANNED THE SEA FOR A SAIL”	Frontispiece
	Facing p.
ISLAND OF JERSEY	1
“‘LET US KNEEL AND PRAY FOR TWO DYING MEN’”	28
“BUONESPOIR LOOKED TO THE PRIMING OF HIS PISTOLS”	70
“SHE WAS IN CURIOUS CONTRAST TO THE QUEEN”	128
“‘HANG FAST TO YOUR HONORS BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH, MY LORD’”	162
“IT WAS THE QUEEN’S FOOL”	220
“THEY SAW, SMILING AND APPLAUSIVE, THE DUKE’S DAUGHTER AND ANGÈLE”	266
“‘AND WHAT MATTER WHICH IT IS WE WIELD’”	276

Island of Jersey

J Hort Scalp

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