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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01No library of Court documents could pretend to be representative which ignored the famous "Memoirs" of the Duc de Saint-Simon. They stand, by universal consent, at the head of French historical...
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 02Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 02Philippe I., Duc d'Orleans Philippe II., Duc d'Orleans, Regent of France The Affairs of the Regency The Duchesse d'Orleans, Consort of the Regent The Dauphine, Princess of Bavaria. Adelaide of Savoy,...
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 01Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 01The Duchesse d'Orleans, commonly though incorrectly styled the Princess of Bavaria, was known to have maintained a very extensive correspondence with her relations and friends in different parts of Europe. Nearly...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — CompleteMemoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Complete Historians have, on the whole, dealt somewhat harshly with the fascinating Madame de Montespan, perhaps taking their impressions from the judgments, often narrow and malicious, of her contemporaries. To help us to get a fairer...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5The Prince de Mont-Beliard.He Agrees to the Propositions Made Him.The King's Note.Diplomacy of the Chancellor of England.Letter from the Marquis de Montespan.The Duchy in the Air.The Domain of Navarre, Belonging to the Prince de Bouillon,...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 7Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 7The King Takes Luxembourg Because It Is His Will.Devastation of the Electorate of Treves.The Marquis de Louvois.His Portrait.The Marvels Which He Worked.The Le Tellier and the Mortemart.The King Destines De Mortemart to a Colbert.How One...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3M. de Lauzun and Mademoiselle de Montpensier.Marriage of the One and Passion of the Other.The King Settles a Match.A Secret Union.The King Sends M. de Lauzun to Pignerol.The Life He Leads There.Mademoiselle's Liberality.Strange Way of...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 6Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 6The King, consoled as he was for the death of the Duchesse de Fontanges, did not, on that account, return to that sweet and agreeable intimacy which had united us for the space of eleven...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 2Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 2After six months of wedlock, Henrietta of England had become so beautiful that the King drew every one's attention to this change, as if he were not unmindful of the fact that he had given...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 4Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 4President de Nesmondupright, clear-headed magistrate as he waswas of very great service to me at the Courts of Justice. He always managed to oblige me and look after my interests and my rights in any...
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Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 1Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 1Historians have, on the whole, dealt somewhat harshly with the fascinating Madame de Montespan, perhaps taking their impressions from the judgments, often narrow and malicious, of her contemporaries. To help us to get a fairer...
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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4In December, 1651, the Parliament agreed to the following resolution: To send a deputation to the King to inform him of the rumours of Mazarin's return, and to beseech him to confirm...
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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 3Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 3MADAME:Cardinal Mazarin thought of nothing else now but how to rid himself of the obligations he lay under to the Prince de Conde, who had actually saved him from the gallows. And...
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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — CompleteMemoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete Our Author, John Francis Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, Sovereign of Commercy, Prince of Euville, second Archbishop of Paris, Abbot of Saint Denis in France, was born at Montmirail, in Brie,...
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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 2Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 2MADAME:I lay it down as a maxim, that men who enter the service of the State should make it their chief study to set out in the world with some notable act...
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Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1Our Author, John Francis Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, Sovereign of Commercy, Prince of Euville, second Archbishop of Paris, Abbot of Saint Denis in France, was born at Montmirail, in Brie,...
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Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 2Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 2At length my brother returned to Court, accompanied by all the Catholic nobility who had followed his fortunes. The King received him very graciously, and showed, by his reception of him, how much he...
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Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — CompleteMemoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Complete The Memoirs, of which a new translation is now presented to the public, are the undoubted composition of the celebrated princess whose name they bear, the contemporary of our Queen Elizabeth; of equal abilities...
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Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 1Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 1The Memoirs, of which a new translation is now presented to the public, are the undoubted composition of the celebrated princess whose name they bear, the contemporary of our Queen Elizabeth; of equal abilities...
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Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 3Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 3CHARLES, COMTE DE VALOIS, was the younger brother of Philip the Fair, and therefore uncle of the three sovereigns lately dead. His eldest son Philip had been appointed guardian to the Queen of Charles...
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