The third of the author’s series on the lives of royalties translated from the French. The five women who are sketched here and who played parts in the history of Europe are Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin; Christina of Sweden; the Duchess of Maine, granddaughter of Le Grand Condé; the Margravine of Bayreuth, Frederick the Great’s sister; and “An Arab princess.”
“It is unfortunately only one more instance of the poor standard of translation now prevalent.”
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“Writes in a popular style that does not obtrude its background of scholarship, but nevertheless depends upon it to avoid any suspicion of cheapness or superficiality.”
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| + | Nation. 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 560w. |
“The text is vivacious and sprightly, and is heightened by many interesting pictures.”
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“It is as vivid as a gypsy dance, as entertaining as a fairy tale.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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