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Title: Historic Court Memoirs of France
An Index

Author: Various

Editor: David Widger

Release Date: June 25, 2009 [EBook #29250]

Language: English

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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORIC COURT MEMOIRS OF FRANCE ***

Produced by David Widger

THE COMPLETE PROJECT GUTENBERG

HISTORIC COURT MEMOIRS OF FRANCE

AN INDEX

Various Authors

Edited by David Widger

Project Gutenberg Editions

BOOKS

## MEMOIRS OF MARGUERITE DE VALOIS QUEEN OF NAVARRE

## MEMOIRS OF JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL de GONDI, CARDINAL DE RETZ

## MEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN

## MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV.AND OF THE REGENCY,
By the Duchess D'Orleans

## MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XIV AND HIS COURT AND OF THE REGENCY,
By the Duke of Saint-Simon

## MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XV. AND XVI.,
By Madame du Hausett, Princess Lamballe, and an Unknown English Girl

## MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE,
By Madam Camapn

## MEMOIRS COURT OF ST. CLOUD,
By Lewis Goldsmith

## MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT,
By Anthony Hamilton

CHAPTERS and ILLUSTRATIONS

MEMOIRS OF MARGUERITE DE VALOIS QUEEN OF NAVARRE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Marguerite de Valois--Etching by Mercier

Bussi d' Amboise--Painting in the Versailles Gallery

Duc de Guise--Painting in the Versailles Gallery

Catherine de' Medici--Original Etching by Mercier

Henri VI. and La Fosseuse--Painting by A. P. E. Morton

A Scene at Henri's Court--Original Photogravure

LETTERS
LETTER I.

Introduction.--Anecdotes of Marguerite's Infancy.--Endeavours Used to
Convert Her to the New Religion.--She Is Confirmed in Catholicism.--The
Court on a Progress.--A Grand Festivity Suddenly Interrupted.--The
Confusion in Consequence.

LETTER II.

Message from the Duc d'Anjou, Afterwards Henri III., to King Charles His
Brother and the Queen-mother.--Her Fondness for Her Children.--Their
Interview.--Anjou's Eloquent Harangue.--The Queen-mother's Character.
Discourse of the Duc d'Anjou with Marguerite.--She Discovers Her Own
Importance.