Excerpt from Memoirs of Mademoiselle De Montpensier, Vol. 3 of 3: Grand-Daughter of Henri Quatre, and Niece of Queen Henrietta-Maria; Written by Herself The Queen was now expecting her accouche ment: it was impossible for me, therefore, to leave her while the King was thus occupied with his conquests. On his Majesty's return to Paris, there were strong rumours of peace. About the same period, the Princess of Baden and Madame d' Armagnac were banished from Court no reason being assigned as regarded the Princess. With respect to Madame, it was well known that she was accused of having written to the Queen the letter which contained the announcement of the King' S growing attachment to Madame de Montespan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Mademoiselle De Montpensier, Grand-Daughter of Henri Quatre, and Niece of Queen Henrietta-Maria, Vol. 1 of 3 The name of Mademoiselle is already fa vourably known to those acquainted with 'le Siecle de Louis Quatorze and the Shadow of its coming, indeed, has been pretty well anticipated by the present annotators on her eventful day; yet are her memoirs, as related by herself, so replete with naivete and can dour, so deeply mixed up with all the stirring incidents that arose out of the cabals of the court the political schemes, the love in trigues, the sudden rise of those turbulent factions, hurried on by wantonness and caprice, that we need make no apology in presenting them to the world in an English dress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The little-known story of two spirited sisters who flaunted every social convention of 17th century Europe in their determination to live independently.