A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac. Stanley John Weyman
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Название: A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac
Автор: Stanley John Weyman
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Stanley John Weyman
A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664584731
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE SPORT OF FOOLS.
CHAPTER II. THE KING OF NAVARRE.
CHAPTER IV. MADEMOISELLE DE LA VIRE.
CHAPTER VI. MY MOTHER’S LODGING.
CHAPTER IX. THE HOUSE IN THE RUELLE D’ARCY.
CHAPTER X. THE FIGHT ON THE STAIRS.
CHAPTER XI. THE MAN AT THE DOOR.
CHAPTER XII. MAXIMILIAN DE BETHUNE, BARON DE ROSNY.
CHAPTER XIV. M. DE RAMBOUILLET.
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE KING’S CHAMBER.
CHAPTER XVII. THE JACOBIN MONK.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE OFFER OF THE LEAGUE.
CHAPTER XIX. MEN CALL IT CHANCE.
CHAPTER XXII. ‘LA FEMME DISPOSE.’
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST VALOIS.
CHAPTER XXV. TERMS OF SURRENDER.
CHAPTER XXVII. TO ME, MY FRIENDS!
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CASTLE ON THE HILL.
CHAPTER XXIX. PESTILENCE AND FAMINE.
CHAPTER XXXI. UNDER THE GREENWOOD.
CHAPTER XXXII. A TAVERN BRAWL.
CHAPTER XXXIV. ‘’TIS AN ILL WIND.’
CHAPTER XXXV. ‘LE ROI EST MORT!’
A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.
CHAPTER I. THE SPORT OF FOOLS.
The death of the Prince of Conde, which occurred in the spring of 1588, by depriving me of my only patron, reduced me to such straits that the winter of that year, which saw the King of Navarre come to spend his Christmas at St. Jean d’Angely, saw also the nadir of my fortunes. I did not know at this time—I may confess it to-day without shame—wither to turn for a gold crown or a new scabbard, and neither had nor discerned any hope of employment. The peace lately patched up at Blois between the King of France and the League persuaded СКАЧАТЬ