T he terrible part that Charles of Durazzo was to play began as soon as this crime was accomplished. The duke left the corpse two whole days exposed to the wind and the rain, unburied and dishonoured
T he terrible part that Charles of Durazzo was to play began as soon as this crime was accomplished. The duke left the corpse two whole days exposed to the wind and the rain, unburied and dishonoured
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T he King of Hungary, his black flag ever borne before him, started for Naples, refusing all offered honours, and reje…
T he spectacle of this frightful punishment did not satisfy the revenge of Charles of Durazzo. Seconded by the chief-j…
E ight days after the funeral of the old queen, Bertrand of Artois came to Joan, distraught, dishevelled, in a state o…
N ight fell, and from the Molo to the Mergellina, from the Capuano Castle to the hill of St. Elmo, deep silence had su…
A s soon as the obsequies were over, Andre’s tutor hastily assembled the chief Hungarian lords, and it was decided in …
I n the night of the 15th of January 1343, while the inhabitants of Naples lay wrapped in peaceful slumber, they were …
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