| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Parentage | [1] |
| II. | Youth | [18] |
| III. | James Stuart | [73] |
| IV. | The Marriage | [109] |
| V. | The Duchess | [159] |
| VI. | The Fall of Clarendon | [211] |
| VII. | The Turning-Point | [239] |
| VIII. | The End | [276] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Anne Hyde | [Frontispiece] |
| Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia | [26] |
| James Duke of York | [102] |
| Henry Duke of Gloucester | [136] |
| Henrietta Maria, “Mother Queen” | [144] |
| John Evelyn | [156] |
| Prince Rupert | [168] |
| Elizabeth Countess of Chesterfield | [178] |
| Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel | [192] |
| Edward Earl of Clarendon | [234] |
| Henrietta Duchess of Orleans | [286] |
ANNE HYDE, DUCHESS
OF YORK
CHAPTER I
PARENTAGE
There is, after all, something to be said for the birth of Anne Hyde.
Edward Hyde, the famous Chancellor and historian of the Great Rebellion, though the first peer of his name, could still, quite honestly, boast of long and honourable descent.