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| | INTRODUCTION | [ix] |
| I. | LOUIS XIV | [1] |
| II. | MME DE MAINTENON | [42] |
| III. | THE DAILY LIFE OF LOUIS XIV | [69] |
| IV. | MADAME AND MME DE MAINTENON | [90] |
| V. | THE REVIEW AT COMPIÈGNE | [93] |
| VI. | THE DEATH OF MONSEIGNEUR | [106] |
| VII. | PORTRAITS: |
| | 1. | Achille de Harlay | [140] |
| | 2. | Mme de Castries | [142] |
| | 3. | Le Nostre | [143] |
| | 4. | Vendôme | [144] |
| | 5. | Vauban | [146] |
| | 6. | D’Antin | [152] |
| | 7. | Le Prince de Conti | [157] |
| | 8. | Le Duc et la Duchesse de Bourgogne | [160] |
| | 9. | Cardinal d’Estrées | [172] |
| | 10. | Beauvillier | [177] |
| | 11. | Fénelon | [180] |
| | 12. | Villeroy | [189] |
| | 13. | Le Duc d’Orléans | [191] |
| VIII. | THE ABBÉ DUBOIS AND THE SEE OF CAMBRAI | [210] |
| APPENDIX A. The Councils and the Secretaries of State | [215] |
| APPENDIX B. Extracts from Vauban, Projet d’une dîme royale | [217] |
| Index of Persons mentioned in the Notes | [219] |
| Plan of the Château de Versailles | [66] |