# The Outlaw of Torn — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator introduces a rediscovered 13th-century manuscript about the lost Prince Richard of England, focusing on a remarkable revenge and the life of its innocent victim. The story begins in 1243 when King Henry III 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/ii.md): De Vac, brooding over King Henry III's insult, devises a terrible revenge plot. While watching Prince Richard play in the garden with Lady Maud, he conceives a plan to kidnap the prince and raise him as an outlaw, using 
- [The Abduction of Prince Richard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/iii.md): Sir Jules de Vac meticulously plans and executes the kidnapping of Prince Richard, second son of King Henry III, after killing Lady Maud and a guards officer. The chapter details his preparations, including obtaining a k
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/iv.md): De Vac murders Lady Maud and kidnaps Prince Richard, disguising himself as an old woman and hiding the prince beneath a dock. He overhears Simon de Montfort and others searching for the prince, narrowly avoids discovery,
- [The Birth of Norman of Torn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/v.md): For three years after Prince Richard's disappearance, a bent old woman raises a young boy in a London attic, teaching him French, swordsmanship, and hatred for the English. When the boy is six, a Frenchman visits and off
- [The Birth of the Clan Torn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/vi.md): Norman of Torn, now nearly eighteen, formally establishes the Clan Torn with a band of former outlaws, including Shandy, the Flory brothers, One Eye Kanty, and Peter the Hermit. After defeating them in combat, he imposes
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/vii.md): Norman of Torn returns to his castle, troubled by his encounter with Bertrade de Montfort and his growing shame about his past. He visits Father Claude, questioning his purpose and his parentage. A commotion outside reve
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/viii.md): Father Claude visits Torn and learns of Norman's absence after rescuing a Montfort damsel. He confronts the old man of Torn about his malicious training of Norman, defending the outlaw's character. Norman later returns a
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/ix.md): Bertrade de Montfort prepares to leave Stutevill despite Mary de Stutevill's warnings about the Devil of Torn. She rides out with a small escort, is ambushed by men under Peter of Colfax, and taken captive to Colfax Cast
- [The Rescue of Bertrade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/x.md): Norman of Torn rescues Bertrade de Montfort from a burning castle and returns her to her father, Simon de Montfort. Despite initial hostility, Bertrade defends Norman, and he offers his friendship and future service to t
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xi.md): Roger de Condé visits the castle of Leicester, where he is warmly received by Simon de Montfort and his family, including Bertrade. His striking resemblance to Prince Edward is noted. During his stay, he and Bertrade gro
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xii.md): Norman of Torn, believing Bertrade de Montfort has been sent to France and that their love is impossible, refrains from following her and instead leads his outlaw forces in repeated attacks on royalist barons, pushing so
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xiii.md): Norman of Torn awakens imprisoned in a tower room, recalls Joan de Tany's loyalty, discovers a golden hair ornament, and witnesses Joan being mistreated by a nobleman. He overpowers a guard, escapes with Joan through the
- [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xiv.md): Norman of Torn leaves Joan de Tany, realizing he does not love her but Bertrade de Montfort. Joan lies to the King's men to protect him, then discovers his gifts and sobs over the barrier of his low birth. Later, Norman 
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xv.md): Norman of Torn receives a royal summons from King Henry III, which he defiantly forces the messenger to eat. He then learns of Bertrade de Montfort's arrival in England and resolves to confess his true identity to her, d
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xvi.md): Norman of Torn and his thousand men join the Battle of Lewes on the side of the barons, turning the tide against King Henry III. Norman captures the King of the Romans and spares him at De Montfort's request. De Montfort
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xvii.md): Following the royalist defeat at Lewes, Norman of Torn and his men refrain from looting and instead march toward Dover, detouring to a deserted royalist stronghold before tracking Peter of Colfax to the castle of Roger d
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xviii.md): Norman of Torn, after the Battle of Lewes, marches north toward Leicester's castle to fulfill a promise to Bertrade de Montfort. He meets Prince Philip of France on the road and escorts him to Battel, where Bertrade and 
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/chapters/xix.md): De Vac, disguised as a gray man, overhears Bertrade declare her love for Norman and reveals Norman's identity to King Henry and Simon de Montfort. Norman is cornered in the Queen's chambers, fights off multiple attackers

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