Author: George Payne Rainsford James
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Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Richelieu
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
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Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Richelieu; Or A Tale of France
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Richelieu, a Tale of France ...
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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The Story of France
Author: Thomas Edward Watson
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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The Story of France from the Earliest Times to the Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Thomas Edward Watson
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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The Kings' Mistresses
Author: Elizabeth C Goldsmith
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1586488902
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. Miserable in their marriages and determined to live independently, they abandoned their husbands in secret and began lives of extraordinary daring on the run and in the public eye. The beguiling sisters quickly won the affections of noblemen and kings alike. Their flight became popular fodder for salon conversation and tabloids, and was closely followed by seventeenth-century European society. The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel." Others gossiped that they "were roaming the countryside in pursuit of wandering lovers. "Their scandalous behavior -- disguising themselves as men, gambling, and publicly disputing with their husbands -- served as more than just entertainment. It sparked discussions across Europe concerning the legal rights of husbands over their wives. Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters -- drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time -- illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1586488902
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin, to secure his political power base. Such was the life of many young women of the age: they had no independent status under the law and were entirely a part of their husband's property once married. Marie and Hortense, however, had other ambitions in mind altogether. Miserable in their marriages and determined to live independently, they abandoned their husbands in secret and began lives of extraordinary daring on the run and in the public eye. The beguiling sisters quickly won the affections of noblemen and kings alike. Their flight became popular fodder for salon conversation and tabloids, and was closely followed by seventeenth-century European society. The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel." Others gossiped that they "were roaming the countryside in pursuit of wandering lovers. "Their scandalous behavior -- disguising themselves as men, gambling, and publicly disputing with their husbands -- served as more than just entertainment. It sparked discussions across Europe concerning the legal rights of husbands over their wives. Elizabeth Goldsmith's vibrant biography of the Mancini sisters -- drawn from personal papers of the players involved and the tabloids of the time -- illuminates the lives of two pioneering free spirits who were feminists long before the word existed.
Richelieu, a Tale of France
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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The Story of France from Julius Caesar to Napoleon III
Author: Paul Van Dyke
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Story of France
Author: Thos Watson (E.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Languages : en
Pages : 740
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