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Title: Caesar or Nothing

Author: Pio Baroja Baroja

Translator: Louis How

Release Date: July, 2005 [EBook #8444]
Posting Date: August 4, 2009

Language: English

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CAESAR OR NOTHING

By Pio Baroja

Translated from the Spanish by Louis How

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

PART

ROME

I THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESS
II AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY
III CAESAR MONCADA
IV PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BY
V THE ABBE PRECIOZI
VI THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTEL
VII THE CONFIDENCES or THE ABBE PRECIOZI
VIII OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIES
IX NEW ACQUAINTANCES
X A BALL
XI A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLD
XII A MEETING ON THE PINCIO
XIII ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGY
XIV NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLES
XV GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGAN
XVI THE PORTRAIT OF A POPE
XVII EVIL DAYS
XVIII CAESAR BORGIA'S MOTTO, "AUT CAESAR, AUT NIHIL"
XIX CAESAR'S REFLECTIONS
XX DON CALIXTO AT SAINT PETER'S
XXI DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS
XXII SENTIMENTALITY AND ARCHEOLOGY
XXIII THE 'SCUTCHEON OF A CHURCH
XXIV TOURIST INTERLUDE

PART TWO

CATRO DURO

I ARRIVAL
II CASTRO DURO
III CAESAR'S LABOURS
IV THE BOOKSELLER AND THE ANARCHISTS
V THE BANQUET
VI UNCLE CHINAMAN
VII A TRYING SCENE
VIII THE ELECTION
IX CAESAR AS DEPUTY
X POLITICAL LABOURS
XI THE PITFALL OF SINIGAGLIA
XII LOCAL STRUGGLES
XIII AMPARITO IN ACTION
XIV INTRANSIGENCE LOST
XV "DRIVELLER" JUAN AND "THE CUB-SLUT"
XVI PITY, A MASK OF COWARDICE
XVII FIRST VICTORY
XVIII DECLARATION OF WAR
XIX THE FIGHT FOR THE ELECTION
XX CONFIDENCE
XXI OUR VENERABLE TRADITIONS I OUR HOLY PRINCIPLES!
XXII FINIS GLORI