Legends of the conquest of SpainFront matterReading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.Chapter I · OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SPAIN.—OF THE MISRULE OF WITIZA THE WICKED.Chapter II · THE RISE OF DON RODERICK.—HIS GOVERNMENT.Chapter III · OF THE LOVES OF RODERICK AND THE PRINCESS ELYATA.Chapter IV · OF COUNT JULIAN.Chapter V · THE STORY OF FLORINDA.Chapter VI · DON RODERICK RECEIVES AN EXTRAORDINARY EMBASSY.Chapter VII · STORY OF THE MARVELLOUS AND PORTENTOUS TOWER.Chapter VIII · COUNT JULIAN.—HIS FORTUNES IN AFRICA.—HE HEARS OF THE DISHONOUR OF HIS CHILD.—HIS CONDUCT THEREUPON.Chapter IX · SECRET VISIT OF COUNT JULIAN TO THE ARAB CAMP.—FIRST EXPEDITION OF TARIC EL TUERTO.Chapter X · LETTER OF MUZA TO THE CALIPH.—SECOND EXPEDITION OF TARIC EL TUERTO.Chapter XI · MEASURES OF DON RODERICK ON HEARING OF THE INVASION.—EXPEDITION OF ATAULPHO.—VISION OF TARIC.Chapter XII · BATTLE OF CALPE.—FATE OF ATAULPHO.Chapter XIII · TERROR OF THE COUNTRY.—RODERICK ROUSES HIMSELF TO ARMS.Chapter XIV · MARCH OF THE GOTHIC ARMY.—ENCAMPMENT ON THE BANKS OF THE GUADALETE.—MYSTERIOUS PREDICTIONS OF A PALMER.—CONDUCT OF PELISTES THEREUPON.Chapter XV · SKIRMISHING OF THE ARMIES.—PELISTES AND HIS SON.—PELISTES AND THE BISHOP.Chapter XVI · TRAITOROUS MESSAGE OF COUNT JULIAN.Chapter XVII · LAST DAY OF THE BATTLE.Chapter XVIII · THE FIELD OF BATTLE AFTER THE DEFEAT.—THE FATE OF RODERICK.LEGEND OF THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapter I · CONSTERNATION OF SPAIN.—CONDUCT OF THE CONQUERORS.—MISSIVES BETWEEN TARIC AND MUZA.Chapter II · CAPTURE OF GRANADA.—SUBJUGATION OF THE ALPUXARRA MOUNTAINS.Chapter III · EXPEDITION OF MAGUED AGAINST CORDOVA.—DEFENCE OF THE PATRIOT PELISTES.Chapter IV · DEFENCE OF THE CONVENT OF ST. GEORGE BY PELISTES.Chapter V · MEETING BETWEEN THE PATRIOT PELISTES AND THE TRAITOR JULIAN.Chapter VI · HOW TARIC EL TUERTO CAPTURED THE CITY OF TOLEDO THROUGH THE AID OF THE JEWS, AND HOW HE FOUND THE FAMOUS TALISMANIC TABLE OF SOLOMON.Chapter VII · MUZA BEN NOZIER.—HIS ENTRANCE INTO SPAIN, AND CAPTURE OF CARMONA.Chapter VIII · MUZA MARCHES AGAINST THE CITY OF SEVILLE.Chapter IX · MUZA BESIEGES THE CITY OF MERIDA.Chapter X · EXPEDITION OF ABDALASIS AGAINST SEVILLE AND THE “LAND OF TADMIR.”Chapter XI · MUZA ARRIVES AT TOLEDO.—INTERVIEW BETWEEN HIM AND TARIC.Chapter XII · MUZA PROSECUTES THE SCHEME OF CONQUEST.—SIEGE OF SARAGOSSA.—COMPLETE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapter XIII · FEUD BETWEEN THE ARAB GENERALS.—THEY ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CALIPH AT DAMASCUS.—RECEPTION OF TARIC.Chapter XIV · MUZA ARRIVES AT DAMASCUS.—HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE CALIPH.—THE TABLE OF SOLOMON.—A RIGOROUS SENTENCE.Chapter XV · CONDUCT OF ABDALASIS AS EMIR OF SPAIN.Chapter XVI · LOVES OF ABDALASIS AND EXILONA.Chapter XVII · FATE OF ABDALASIS AND EXILONA.—DEATH OF MUZA.LEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE.All chapters and sections (40)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.THE LEGEND OF DON RODERICK.Chapters123456789101112131415161718Other sectionsLEGEND OF THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN.Chapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsLEGEND OF COUNT JULIAN AND HIS FAMILY.LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXVI.◇PREFACE. →