Blue-beard: A Contribution to History and Folk-lore / Being the history of Gilles de Retz of Brittany, France, who was executed at Nantes in 1440 A.D., and who was the original of Blue-beard in the tales of Mother Goose

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Château (Castle) of Nantes, where Gilles was tried.—From the river Loire.
BEING THE HISTORY OF GILLES DE RETZ OF BRITTANY, FRANCE, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT NANTES IN 1440 A.D. AND WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL OF BLUE-BEARD IN THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
BY THOMAS WILSON, LL.D.
CURATOR, DIVISION OF PREHISTORIC ARCHÆOLOGY, U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM COUNSELLOR OF THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURTS, COURT OF CLAIMS AND OF APPEALS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FORMERLY U.S. CONSUL AT GHENT, BELGIUM; AT NANTES AND NICE, FRANCE
ILLUSTRATED
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK & LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1899
COPYRIGHT, 1899 BY THOMAS WILSON Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO MY DEAR WIFE THE COMPANION OF MY TRAVELS WHILE THE MATERIAL FOR THIS VOLUME WAS GATHERED THE PARTNER OF MY MANY JOYS THE SHARER OF MY FEW SORROWS THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED