| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
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| I. | Intrigues of Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, against his Parents and Godoy | [1] |
| II. | The Overthrow of Godoy | [24] |
| III. | How Napoleon I. checkmated the Spanish Royal Family | [53] |
| IV. | King Ferdinand VII. and his Home Life | [79] |
| V. | Maria Cristina, Ferdinand’s Fourth Wife—Intrigues at Court | [105] |
| VI. | Maria Cristina as Regent and as Wife of Muñoz | [122] |
| VII. | Queen Isabella’s Girlhood and the Dangers which beset it | [142] |
| VIII. | Ministerial Difficulties in the Palace | [149] |
| IX. | Royal Matrimonial Schemes—How Queen Isabella’s Sister fled from Paris in 1848 | [161] |
| X. | A Royal Quarrel and the Reconciliation | [173] |
| XI. | Attempt on the Life of Queen Isabella—The Overthrow of the Queen-Mother, Maria Cristina | [180] |
| XII. | Court Intrigues | [193] |
| XIII. | The Court of Spain under Italian Sway | [224] |
| XIV. | Some Truths about the Republic of 1873–1874 | [242] |
| XV. | The Revival of Court Life in Spain under Alfonso XII. | [252] |
| XVI. | The Palace and Politics during the Regency of Queen Maria Cristina | [281] |
| XVII. | Alfonso XIII. | [305] |
| XVIII. | Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg as Queen of Spain | [314] |
| Index | [345] |