Rupert, Prince Palatine

by Eva Scott

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. THE PALATINE FAMILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]
" II. RUPERT'S EARLY CAMPAIGNS. FIRST VISIT TO
ENGLAND. MADEMOISELLE DE ROHAN . . . . . . . [20]
" III. THE SIEGE OF BREDA. THE ATTEMPT ON THE
PALATINATE. RUPERT'S CAPTIVITY. . . . . . . . [34]
" IV. THE PALATINES IN FRANCE. RUPERT'S RELEASE . . . [48]
" V. ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. POSITION IN THE ARMY.
CAUSES OF FAILURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [59]
" VI. THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. POWICK BRIDGE.
EDGEHILL. THE MARCH TO LONDON . . . . . . . . [85]
" VII. THE WAR IN 1643. THE QUARREL WITH HERTFORD.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN . . . . . . . . . . . [101]
" VIII. THE PRESIDENCY OF WALES. THE RELIEF OF
NEWARK. QUARRELS AT COURT. NORTHERN
MARCH. MARSTON MOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . [128]
" IX. INTRIGUES IN THE ARMY. DEPRESSION OF RUPERT.
TREATY OF UXBRIDGE. RUPERT IN THE MARCHES.
STRUGGLE WITH DIGBY. BATTLE OF NASEBY . . . [154]
" X. RUPERT'S PEACE POLICY. THE SURRENDER OF
BRISTOL. DIGBY'S PLOT AGAINST RUPERT. THE
SCENE AT NEWARK. RECONCILIATION WITH
THE KING. THE FALL OF OXFORD . . . . . . . . [177]
" XI. THE ELECTOR'S ALLIANCE WITH THE PARLIAMENT.
EDWARD'S MARRIAGE. ASSASSINATION OF
D'ÉPINAY BY PHILIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [205]
" XII. CAMPAIGN IN THE FRENCH ARMY. COURTSHIP
OF MADEMOISELLE. DUELS WITH DIGBY AND
PERCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [213]
" XIII. RUPERT'S CARE OF THE FLEET. NEGOTIATIONS
WITH SCOTS. RUPERT'S VOYAGE TO IRELAND.
THE EXECUTION OF THE KING. LETTERS OF
SOPHIE TO RUPERT AND MAURICE . . . . . . . . . [222]
" XIV. THE FLEET IN THE TAGUS. AT TOULON. THE
VOYAGE TO THE AZORES. THE WRECK OF THE
"CONSTANT REFORMATION." ON THE AFRICAN
COAST. LOSS OF MAURICE IN THE "DEFIANCE."
THE RETURN TO FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . [241]
" XV. RUPERT AT PARIS. ILLNESS. QUARREL WITH
CHARLES II. FACTIONS AT ST. GERMAINS.
RUPERT GOES TO GERMANY. RECONCILED
WITH CHARLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [265]
" XVI. RESTORATION OF CHARLES LOUIS TO THE
PALATINATE. FLIGHT OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE
FROM THE HAGUE. RUPERT'S DEMAND FOR AN
APPANAGE. QUARREL WITH THE ELECTOR . . . . . [283]
" XVII. RUPERT'S RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1660. VISIT TO
VIENNA. LETTERS TO LEGGE . . . . . . . . . . [293]
" XVIII. RUPERT AND THE FLEET. PROPOSED VOYAGE TO
GUINEA. ILLNESS OF RUPERT. THE FIRST DUTCH
WAR. THE NAVAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE
PRINCE. SECOND DUTCH WAR. ANTI-FRENCH
POLITICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [302]
" XIX. RUPERT'S POSITION AT COURT. HIS CARE FOR
DISTRESSED CAVALIERS. HIS INVENTIONS. LIFE
AT WINDSOR. DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . [332]
" XX. THE PALATINES ON THE CONTINENT. RUPERT'S
DISPUTES WITH THE ELECTOR. THE ELECTOR'S
ANXIETY FOR RUPERT'S RETURN. WANT OF
AN HEIR TO THE PALATINATE. FRANCISCA
BARD. RUPERT'S CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . [344]
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [369]

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