The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton/Book 1

by William Henry Wilkins

BOOK I

WAITING

(1831—1861)

I have known love and yearning from the years
Since mother-milk I drank, nor e'er was free.

Alf Laylah wa Laylah

(Burton's "Arabian Nights").

Chapters (not listed in original)

• CHAPTER I: BIRTH AND LINEAGE
• CHAPTER II: MY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
• CHAPTER III: MY FIRST SEASON
• CHAPTER IV: BOULOGNE : I MEET MY DESTINY
• CHAPTER V: FOUR YEARS OF HOPE DEFERRED
• CHAPTER VI: RICHARD LOVES ME
• CHAPTER VII: MY CONTINENTAL TOUR: ITALY
• CHAPTER VIII: MY CONTINENTAL TOUR: SWITZERLAND
• CHAPTER IX: THEY MEET AGAIN
• CHAPTER X: AT LAST