A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2

A Ride on Horseback to Florence Through France and Switzerland. Vol. 1 of 2 - Described in a Series of Letters by a Lady

Landing at CalaisMeeting of a Custom-House Officer with FannyHistorical remainsJohns mode of ConfessionThe Hero malgr luiThe CourtgainSt. OmersThe Abbey of St. Bertin and the CathedralSt. Denis and the miraculous St. HubertThe strength of the short PepinLillers, and Johns precautionsSt. PolDoullens, the Citadel and the CorporalThe possession of Doullens by the HuguenotsThe taking of Amiens caused by love for a fair WidowHernand Teillos stratagemHis success chiefly owing to a body of IrishmenHenry the Fourths emotion and resolveDeath of Hernand TeilloAmiensThe SunstrokeThe warlike showA religious Picture strangely imaginedThe Beffroi and its tragedyThe Cathedral and its TombsThe travelling CrucifixThe Bishop who sheltered Philip of Valois after the battle of CrecyThe Pavement marked in fatal memorialThe Grave of Hernand TeilloCharacters and portraits of the CanonsThe contrite Ass and presentation of an infant, Breteuil ClermontChteau now a penitentiaryA Stronghold of the English in Charles the Sixths timeCreil, where Peter the Hermit preached the first CrusadeCharles the Sixths place of confinement during his MadnessChantillycouenHenry last Duke of MontmorencyPresentiment of his FatherAt eighteen created Lord High AdmiralHis early love in LanguedocHis prudential Marriage at the LouvreHis Successes at RochelleColdness of Louis the Thirteenth, and jealousy of RichelieuHis gallantry at VeillaneRestoration of PrisonersHumanity during the plague at RivoliHis anxiety to become High Constable of FranceRichelieus injusticeHis retirement to LanguedocPrivileges of LanguedocPrince Gastons efforts to win over MontmorencyThe Dukes arrest by Richelieus orders, rendered impossible through the peoples affectionRenewed efforts of GastonPersuasions of the DuchessMontmorencys reluctant consentGastons indecision and high words with the DukeBattle of CastelnaudaryHis emulation with the Comte de Moret to strike the first blowThe ditch leaped alone as at VeillaneThe troops held back by Gaston in sight of his perilMontmorency overpoweredDragged from under his dead horse and carried before SchombergThe female portrait on his arm discovered by a spy, and notice of his wearing it sent to incense the King by the CardinalThe cries of the people beneath the Palace windowsHis farewell to his wife, and legacy to RichelieuThe emotion of his JudgesHis condemnationReligious feeling of his last hoursHis farewell to the statue of his GodfatherHis calm death, and blood sought for as that of a martyrHis burial among the bones of the SaintedThe imprisonment of his widowHer sad lifeHer taking the veilLouis the Thirteenths visit to her mourning cell and her reply to the Cardinals messengersThe Kings remorseThe apparition in the Hall of couenSt. DenisFoundation of the Cathedral by Dagobert, St. Denis having appeared to him in a dreamMiraculous consecration of the church and the lepers new skinTombsThe column to the memory of Francis, erected by Mary of ScotlandBreaking open of the monuments in 1793Turenne in a glass caseA lock of Henry the Fourths beard making a soldiers moustachePlunder of a nose by an EnglishmanThe Caveau of the last CondDevotion of a Russian General to Henry the Fourths memoryThe Cathedral preserved during the Revolution by being converted into a Market-houseParis ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46685
Author: Holmes, Augusta Macgregor
Release Date: Aug 25, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English