Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 134 pages of information about Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01.

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 134 pages of information about Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01.

Duchesse de Berry Drunk.—­Operations in Spain.—­Vendome Demanded by
Spain.—­His Affront by the Duchesse de Bourgogne.—­His Arrival.—­
Staremberg and Stanhope.—­The Flag of Spain Leaves Madrid.—­Entry of the
Archduke.—­Enthusiasm of the Spaniards—­The King Returns.—­Strategy, of
Staremberg.—­Affair of Brighuega.—­Battle of Villavciosa.—­Its
Consequences to Vendome and to Spain.

Volume8.

CHAPTER LV

State of the Country.—­New Taxes.—­The King’s Conscience Troubled.—­
Decision of the Sorbonne.—­Debate in the Council.—­Effect of the Royal
Tithe.—­Tax on Agioteurs.—­Merriment at Court.—­Death of a Son of
Marechal Boufflers.—­The Jesuits.

CHAPTER LVI

My Interview with Du Mont.—­A Mysterious Communication. —­Anger of
Monseigneur against Me.—­Household of the Duchesse de Berry.—­Monseigneur
Taken Ill of the Smallpox.—­Effect of the News.—­The King Goes to
Meudon.—­The Danger Diminishes.—­Madame de Maintenon at Meudon.—­The
Court at Versailles.—­Hopes and Fears.—­The Danger Returns.—­Death of
Monseigneur.—­Conduct of the King.

CHAPTER LVII

A Rumour Reaches Versailles.—­Aspect of the Court.—­Various Forms of Grief.—­The Duc d’Orleans.—­The News Confirmed at Versailles.—­Behaviour of the Courtiers.—­The Duc and Duchesse de Berry.—­The Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne.—­Madame.—­A Swiss Asleep.—­Picture of a Court.—­The Heir-Apparent’s Night.—­The King Returns to Marly.—­Character of Monseigneur.  —­Effect of His Death.

CHAPTER LVIII

State of the Court at Death of Monseigneur.—­Conduct of the Dauphin and the Dauphine.—­The Duchesse de Berry.—­My Interview with the Dauphin.—­ He is Reconciled with M. d’Orleans.

CHAPTER LIX

Warnings to the Dauphin and the Dauphine.—­The Dauphine Sickens and Dies.—­Illness of the Dauphin.—­His Death.—­Character and Manners of the Dauphine.—­And of the Dauphin.

CHAPTER LX

Certainty of Poison.—­The Supposed Criminal.—­Excitement of the People against M. d’Orleans.—­The Cabal.—­My Danger and Escape.—­The Dauphin’s Casket.

Volume9.

CHAPTER LXI

The King’s Selfishness.—­Defeat of the Czar.—­Death of Catinat.—­Last
Days of Vendome.—­His Body at the Escurial.—­Anecdote of Harlay and the
Jacobins.—­Truce in Flanders.—­Wolves.

CHAPTER LXII

Settlement of the Spanish Succession.—­Renunciation of France.—­Comic
Failure of the Duc de Berry.—­Anecdotes of M. de Chevreuse.—­Father
Daniel’s History and Its Reward.

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