A PLAYMATE OF PHILIP II. By Lady Moreton. Author of “Don John of Austria,” etc. With Seventeen Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
⁂ Don Martin IV. was one of the most distinguished members of one of the first families in Spain and lived at a time when Spain was at the height of her glory. He was the playmate and afterwards the personal friend of Philip II. (the husband of Queen Mary of England) and accompanied him on his visit to this country. It was indeed this monarch who gave him his nickname of “The Philosopher of Aragon.”
THIRTEEN YEARS OF A BUSY WOMAN’S LIFE. By Mrs. Alec Tweedie. With Nineteen Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net. Third Edition.
⁂ “One of the gayest and sanest surveys of English society we have read for years.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
⁂ “A pleasant laugh from cover to cover.”—Daily Chronicle.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE IN THE XVIIth CENTURY. By Charles Bastide. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. By Joseph Turquan. Author of “The Love Affairs of Napoleon,” “The Wife of General Bonaparte.” Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
⁂ “The Empress Josephine” continues and completes the graphically drawn life story begun in “The Wife of General Bonaparte” by the same author, takes us through the brilliant period of the Empire, shows us the gradual development and the execution of the Emperor’s plan to divorce his middle-aged wife, paints in vivid colours the picture of Josephine’s existence after her divorce, tells us how she, although now nothing but his friend, still met him occasionally and corresponded frequently with him, and how she passed her time in the midst of her miniature[miniature] court.
NAPOLEON IN CARICATURE: 1795-1821. By A. M. Broadley. With an Introductory Essay on Pictorial Satire as a Factor in Napoleonic History, by J. Holland Rose, Litt. D. (Cantab.). With 24 full-page Illustrations in Colour and upwards of 200 in Black and White from rare and unique originals. 2 Vols. Demy 8vo. 42s. net.
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