Chapter I: Front Matter

THE DOOMED CITY

The Doomed City

By

JOHN R. CARLING

Author of “The Shadow of the Czar,” “By Neva’s Waters,”
“The Viking’s Skull”

Illustrations by

A. FORESTIER

New York
Edward J. Clode
Publisher

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
EDWARD J. CLODE
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Entered at Stationers’ Hall

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A MYSTERIOUS WEDDING 1

II. THE BANQUET OF FLORUS 18

III. THE QUEEN OF BEAUTY 30

IV. THE DREAM OF CRISPUS 48

V. SIMON THE ZEALOT 60

VI. “DELENDA EST HIEROSOLYMA!” 71

VII. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM 83

VIII. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ROYAL SYNAGOGUE 95

IX. “LET US GO HENCE!” 112

X. THE VENGEANCE OF FLORUS 124

XI. “TO YOUR TENTS, O ISRAEL!” 135

XII. “VÆ VICTIS!” 147

XIII. A GOOD SAMARITAN 160

XIV. “THOU WILT NEVER TAKE THE CITY” 170

XV. THE TRIUMPH OF SIMON 181

XVI. THE AMBITION OF BERENICE 198

XVII. THE MAKING OF AN EMPEROR 210

XVIII. THE PRELIMINARIES OF A GREAT SIEGE 228

XIX. THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHT 241

XX. CIRCUMVALLATION 258

XXI. THE DYING CITY 266

XXII. THE RESCUE OF VASHTI 290

XXIII. CLOSING IN 306

XXIV. “WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?” 325

XXV. “JUDÆA CAPTA!” 341

XXVI. JUSTICE THE AVENGER 354

NOTES

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Τῶν στρατιωτῶν τις ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩ ΟΡΜΗ ΤΙΝΙ ΧΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ ἁρπάξει μὲν ἐκ τῆς
φλεγομένης ὕλης, τό δὲ πῦρ ἐνίησι θυρίδι χρυσῇ τοῦ ἱεροῦ.

_A certain soldier_, MOVED BY A DIVINE IMPULSE, _seized a blazing
torch, and set fire to a golden window of the temple_.

_JOSEPHUS. Jewish War_ vi. 4, 5.

THE DOOMED CITY