Download or read book The Real Louis the Fifteenth Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Andrew C. P. Haggard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Real Louis the Fifteenth, Vol. 2 Owing to the inordinate affection Of the King for Madame Henriette, his eldest daughter at Versailles, Pompadour had a very difiicult part to play. For behind the placid and too obedient Henriette was the fat, unwieldy Dauphin, and behind the Dauphin the Jesuit party. They pushed Henriette, who was twenty One in 1748, to yield in all matters to the King's wishes while her father, but seventeen years Older than herself, was in that year ruining not only the moral nature Of Henriette, but that Of her next Sister the turbulent Adelai'de, full Of the sparkle and fire Of her mother's Polish race. Having quitted the army for ever at the age Of thirty - eight, having become sickened Of work and the affairs of the State owing to the devices Of Madame de Pompadour, the King had indeed fallen very low. Greedy Of money, he speculated in Wheat at a time when the people were starving, speculated on a surety, since his co-speculators held the wheat reserves, merely to increase the ready money wherewith to indulge at Ver sailles and at Choisy in his vices to his heart's content. At night, in this year Of the peace, he commenced his infamous habit Of shutting himself up with his daughters and causing them to become intoxicated with himself. Since it was a known fact that when Louis XV. Became drunk he also became absolutely ignorant of what he did, perfectly oblivious too on the following morning as to what might have occurred, there is in connection with these nightly suppers a considerable matter for surmise. 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.
Download or read book The Real Louis the Fifteenth Vol 1 written by Andrew C. P. Haggard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Real Louis, the Fifteenth, Vol. 1: With 34 Full-Page Portraits, Including 2 Photogravure Plates Up to 1749, however, the Priest, under one guise or another, and the Petticoat, in frequently changing form, ruled contemporaneously and frequently con jointly. After that date the ruling element became gradually centred in the decision Of Pompadour, an invalid and bourgeoise mistress who had long ceased to charm, or the whim Of du Barry, a vulgar and self-assured courtesan who sprang from the lowest ranks Of the people. Great indeed is the change with which we are con fronted when we close the volume Of the atheistical Regent Of the Roues and Open that Of the degrading days of Louis XV., the devout pupil, so far as form goes, of holy Mother Church. One passes at once from the full light Of day at the palais-royal, where every action, no matter how well intentioned, no matter how ignoble, takes place before all the world, to the gloom Of night in the darksome petits cabinets Of Versailles. There, one unpatriotic trick, one infamous or inglorious intrigue succeeds the other, all alike evolved from the cunning brain of the Jesuit without; it may be at Issy or saint-sulpice close by, or in the tricky purlieus Of the Court of Madrid. 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.
Download or read book The Real Louis the Fifteenth Volume 2 written by Andrew Charles Parker Haggard and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Mme. Du Hausset and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI, Vol. 2 of 2 Her Majesty fainted. Overcome by the dangerous situation in which I saw my royal mistress, I myself was carried out of the room in a lifeless state. The situation of Her Majesty was for some time very doubtful, till the people were dragged with violence from about her, that she might have air. On her recovering, the King was the first person who told her that she was the mother of a very fine Princess. 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.
Download or read book France Under Louis XV Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by James Breck Perkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from France Under Louis XV, Vol. 2 of 2 When the war of the Austrian Succession was ended by the treaty of aix-la-chapelle, Frederick declared this was only a truce, a breathing-spell, which would allow the combatants to form new com binations, and to renew the strife under more favorable conditions. His prophecy was verified, and his own conduct had much to do with changing the political system of Europe. 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.
Download or read book The Age of Louis XV Vol 2 written by Voltaire Voltaire and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Age of Louis XV, Vol. 2: Being the Sequel of the Age of Louis XIV; Translated From the French of M. De Voltaire, With a Supplement, Comprising an Account of All the Public and Private Affairs of France, From the Peace of Versailles, 1763, to the Death of Louis XV. May 10th, 1774 C H A P. XXVI. The King of france failing in his Attempt to reflore' Peace; gains the Battle of LA U C A 2 feld. 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.
Download or read book The Story of France Vol 2 of 2 written by Thomas E. Watson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of France, Vol. 2 of 2: From the End of the Reign of Louis the Fifteenth to the Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte The winter of 1774 gives way slowly to the spring: the April sun grows warm, driving the chill from marble court and colonnade, arching rainbows above the foun tains, carpeting in gold the terrace and promenade, and from every plant and tree of garden, park, and wood throwing its banners of leaf and bud and blossom. All Nature revels in loveliness. Life gathers up all its splendours for the living, and nowhere is the perfect glory of the new year more intoxicating than at the Little Trianon, a king's own paradise, where the king is now loitering, and is enjoying these sunny April days. 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.
Download or read book Olympe De Cl ves Vol 2 of 2 written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Olympe De Cleves, Vol. 2 of 2: A Romance of the Court of Louis Fifteenth He was, at the date in question, a scheming, blase, old churchman, as Beaumarchais called him later; an aged man, with a young man's passion for intrigue, a mind fertile in paltry schemes, which he had studied up at his leisure during the reign of Louis XIV. Under cover of the Skirts of Pere La Chaise and Madame de Maintenon. He knew the court thoroughly, and he was sure of the king; several attempts which had been made to oust him had turned to the confusion of his enemies, and yet he had not appeared to exult in his triumph in the least. 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.
Download or read book France Under Louis XV Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by James Breck Perkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from France Under Louis XV, Vol. 1 of 2 A just idea cannot be formed Of the character of the French monarchy, nor of the probability of the king exercising wisely his great authority, without considering his modes of life, his social surroundings, the barriers of etiquette in which he was inclosed, the artificial panoply in which he 'was encased. Ver sailles, in the early part of the eighteenth century, wit nessed an existence, splendid indeed, but the formality of which had stiflr'ened into rigidity not unlike that of the courts of ancient Assyrian and Babylonian kings; if its etiquette was not SO benumbing as the sombre state Of Madrid, yet it did not help a monarch to understand the needs of his people, nor to perform the duties of his Office. 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.
Download or read book The Secret History of the Court of France Under Louis XV Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Annie Emma Armstrong Challice and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Secret History of the Court of France, Under Louis XV, Vol. 2 of 2 Spiritual directors of the Queen - Queen's speech to the King - K ing's complaint to the Marquise - Letters of the Marquise about herself Party can! Between Priests, King, Queen, and Marquise. The Pope's Nunzio at Versailles informed King Louis XV. That the King of Prussia, under the tutelage of Voltaire, (who still enjoyed French pensions and sinecures, ) had grown so liberal as to offer the free exercise of the Roman Catholic religion at Berlin. 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.
Download or read book The Priest and the Huguenot Vol 1 of 2 written by L. Bungener and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Priest and the Huguenot, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Persecution in the Age of Louis XV It may, however, be well to inform the reader that in a communication lately received from the author, Mon sieur Bun gener, a minister of the Reformed Church of Geneva - not France, as was stated in the preface to the preceding work-mhe informs the translator that his works have been conceived upon the plan of exhibiting in a series, the principal religious aspects of France, from the age of Louis XIV, to the close of the last century. The first of the series is already inthe hands of Amer ican readers; the second is now presented to them in these volumes; the third, entitled Voltaire and his Times, is about to be published in England, and the last, Julian, or the End of a Century, we hope, in due time, to add to the number of American books. The author has not yet quite completed this last work. 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.
Download or read book The Priest and the Huguenot Or Persecution in the Age of Louis XV Vol 2 of 2 written by L. Bungener and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Priest and the Huguenot, or Persecution in the Age of Louis XV, Vol. 2 of 2: Part I, A Sermon at Court; Part II, a Sermon in the City; Part III, a Sermon in the Desert XXIX - Grannies Cresimo Puree or enaar Lesoa. Tin Paxsonnas or arenas-mourns. 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.
Download or read book A History of French Architecture From the Death of Mazarin Till the Death of Louis XV 1661 1774 Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Reginald Blomfield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of French Architecture From the Death of Mazarin Till the Death of Louis XV, 1661-1774, Vol. 2 Premier Architecte and controller-general of Buildings and Gardens to Marie Antoinette - Executed 1794. 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.
Download or read book The Life of Voltaire Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by S. G. Tallentyre and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Voltaire, Vol. 2 of 2 Receiving no answer to his request to be allowed to travel, Voltaire prudently resolved to consider that silence gave consent. But he was still not a little nervous that if he took refuge in a foreign country Louis XV. Might consider himself justified in seizing the pensions Of his truant subject. And then, where was he to go It seems most likely that if it had not been for that unromantic disorder called mat de mer he would have ended his days in Pennsylvania. He had still his bizarre liking for the Quakers; and America was the country of the free. TO be sure, mal da pays was a worse and a longer lived disorder with him than the other and if he had tried Pennsylvania on one impulse, he would quickly have left it on another. 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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Download or read book The Story of France Vol 1 of 2 written by Thomas E. Watson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of France, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Earliest Times to the Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte; To the End of the Reign of Louis the Fifteenth IT has been the purpose of the author to lay before the reader a clear narrative of the gradual development of a great people. N o attempt has been made to fill in every detail. The larger outlines of national growth have been followed, and every material change in the condition of the kingdom has been indicated. It is hardly necessary to say that every statement in the book is supported by authority. Not only have all the standard histories been consulted, but also those numerous [memoirs and Auto biographies in which the literature of France is so pecul iarly rich. To note the varying forms of government, to trace the ancient origins of modern laws and customs, to mark the encroachments of absolutism upon popular rights, to describe the long-continued struggle of the many to throw off the yoke of the few, to emphasize the corrupting influence of the union between Church and State, to illus trate once more the blighting effects of superstition, igno rance, blind obedience, unjust laws, confiscation under the disguise of unequal taxes, and the systematic plunder, year by year, of the weaker classes by the stronger, have been the motives which led to the enormous labour in volved in this book. 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.
Download or read book The Real Louis the Fifteenth Volume 1 written by Andrew Haggard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
