The love-affairs of the Condés (1530-1740)
THE LOVE-AFFAIRS OF THE CONDÉS
Héliogr. Chauvet
Imp. Eudes
Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, Marquise de Prie.
Plon-Nourrit & C ie Edit.]
H. NOEL WILLIAMS
AUTHOR OF “A PRINCESS OF ADVENTURE”
WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1912
TO MY WIFE
The principal authorities, both contemporary and modern, which I have consulted in the preparation of this volume are mentioned either in the text or the footnotes. I desire, however, to acknowledge my obligations to the following works by modern writers: Duc d’Aumale, “Histoire des Princes de Condé;” M. Édouard Barthélemy, “La Princesse de Condé: Charlotte Catherine de la Trémoille;” M. Henri Bouchot, “Les Femmes de Brantôme;” Victor Cousin, “La Jeunesse de Madame de Longueville;” Comte Jules Delaborde, “Éléonore de Roye, Princesse de Condé (1535–1564);” M. I. Henrard, “Henri IV. et la Princesse de Condé;” MM. Homberg and Jousselin, “La Femme du Grand Condé;” Comte Hector de la Ferrière, “Trois Amoureuses au XVI e siècle;” and M. H. Thirion, “Madame de Prie (1698–1727).”
H. NOEL WILLIAMS.
H. Noel Williams
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PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
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