[Contents]

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[Hortense Mancini, Duchesse de Mazarin]17
An Adventuress of the Restoration.
[Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland]59
A Courtezan of the Restoration.
["La Belle Stuart," Duchess of Richmond]105
A Prude of the Restoration.
["La Belle Hamilton," Comtesse de Gramont]137
A Good Woman of the Restoration.
["The Lovely Jennings," Duchess of Tyrconnel]163
A Splendid Failure of the Restoration.
["Wanton Shrewsbury," Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury]193
A Messalina of the Restoration.
["Madame," Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans]221
The French Court—The Evil Genius of the Restoration.
[Louise de Kéroual, Duchess of Portsmouth]271
A Spy of the Restoration.

[List of Illustrations]

["La Belle Hamilton," Comtesse de Gramont]Frontispiece
Facing
page
[Duchesse de Mazarin]17
[Duc de Mazarin]24
[St. Evremond]47
["My Lady Castlemaine," Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland]59
[Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon]68
[Wycherley]77
[John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough]80
[Nell Gwynn]86
[Jacob Hall]95
["Handsome Feilding"]101
[The Duchess of Richmond]105
[Charles the Second]111
[The Rotiers' Medals]124
[The Duke of Richmond]131
[The Chevalier de Gramont]144
[Count Anthony Hamilton]159
["The Lovely Jennings," Duchess of Tyrconnel]163
[The Duke of York]166
[Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnel]184
["Wanton Shrewsbury," Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury]193
[The Duke of Buckingham]204
[The Duke of Shrewsbury]215
["Madame," Duchess of Orleans]221
["Monsieur," Philippe d'Orléans]237
[Armand, Comte de Guiche]241
[Mademoiselle de la Vallière]246
[The Chevalier de Lorraine]266
[The Duchess of Portsmouth]271
[Louis XIV.]281
[Philippe de Vendôme, Grand Prieur]313

[HORTENSE MANCINI, DUCHESSE DE MAZARIN]
AN ADVENTURESS OF THE RESTORATION