Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by EUGENE CUMMISKEY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The pleasant historical novel which is now offered to the American public, refers to a period of history very much misrepresented, though very frequently written about, or at least referred to by popular writers. In the contest between Pope Alexander III. and the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa, we see a very important phase of the long struggle between the spiritual and civil power; a struggle, in which was fought the battle of real liberty, and real Christian civilization, against brute force and Pagan tyranny. …
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