MARIE DE MEDICISPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITIONQueen of France
CONSORT OF HENRI IV, AND REGENT OF THE KINGDOM UNDER LOUIS XIII
BY
JULIA PARDOE
AUTHOR OF
'LOUIS XIV AND THE COURT OF FRANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,'
'THE COURT AND REIGN OF FRANCIS THE FIRST,' ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I
1890
TO
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES BECKET
(OF HEVER COURT, KENT)
These Volumes
ARE VERY AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR
