Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS

THE FULL SERIES OF

The Mysteries of the People

OR

History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages

By EUGENE SUE

_Consisting of the Following Works_:

THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_.

THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_.

THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustine and Syomara_.

THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_.

THE BASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_.

THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_.

THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_.

THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_.

THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_.

THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_.

THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_.

THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_.

THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_.

THE IRON TREVET; or, _Jocelyn the Champion_.

THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_.

THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_.

THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_.

THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_.

THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_.

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THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS

OR

THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARLEMAGNE

A Tale of the Ninth Century

By EUGENE SUE

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY

DANIEL DE LEON

NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1908

Copyright 1908, by the

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INDEX

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. v

PART I--AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.

CHAPTER.

I. AMAEL AND VORTIGERN. 3

II. THE COURTYARD OF THE PALACE. 18

III. IN THE GALLERIES OF THE PALACE. 24

IV. CHARLEMAGNE. 29

V. THE PALATINE SCHOOL. 40

VI. THE BISHOP OF LIMBURG. 44

VII. TO THE HUNT. 54

VIII. THE FOREST OF OPPENHEIM. 58

IX. AT THE MORT. 71

X. EMPEROR AND HOSTAGE. 77

XI. FRANK AND BRETON. 88

PART II--THE CONQUEST OF BRITTANY.

I. IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS. 107

II. THE BRETON CHIEF. 112

III. ABBOT AND BRETON. 120

IV. THE DEFILE OF GLEN-CLAN. 132

V. THE MARSH OF PEULVEN. 139

VI. THE FOREST OF CARDIK. 146

VII. THE MOOR OF KENNOR. 151

VIII. THE VALLEY OF LOKFERN. 156