{"product_id":"2940015759402","title":"A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5","description":"VOLUME V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCASTLE OF PAU  FRONTISPIECE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGABRIELLE D'ESTREES  130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARIE DE MEDICI.  147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHELIEU.   180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS XIV.   344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTURENNE.  444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF WOOD-CUT ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV.  11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV. at Ivry   26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Do not lose Sight of my White Plume.\"    30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosny Castle 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Farnese, Duke of Parma 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSully   37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLemaitre, Mayenne, and the Archbishop of Lyons   53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV.'s Abjuration    56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of Monceaux  91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of St. Germain in the Reign of Henry IV.  107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of Fontainbleau   124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry IV. and his Ministers   138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arsenal in the Reign of Henry IV.  143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Louvre  145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcini, Leonora Galigai, and Mary de' Medici  149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis XIII. and Albert de Luynes   154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurder of Marshal d'Ancre  155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouble Duel   188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tapping with his Finger-tips on the Window-pane.\"  191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry, Duke of Montmorency, at Castelnaudary   199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King and the Cardinal   204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCinq-Mars and De Thou going to Execution   215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Parliament of Paris reprimanded   217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Barefoots   221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Abbot of St. Cyran   234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemolishing the Fortifications   244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Harbor of La Rochelle   248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King and Richelieu at La Rochelle  250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Guiton's Oath  254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Defile of Suza Pass  278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichelieu and Father Joseph  280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGustavus Adolphus  282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Gustavus and his Page  290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Palais-Cardinal   305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tomb of Richelieu   308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescartes at Amsterdam   316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King's Press  323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Corneille  334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Representation of \"the Cid.\"    335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorneille at the Hotel Rambouillet  342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Conde  348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArrest of Broussel  352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCardinal de Retz  352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah, Wretch, if thy Father saw thee!\"   354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresident Mole  355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Mademoiselle  373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin  394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Mazarin.  399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFouquet   404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVaux le Vicomte   405a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColbert   405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis XIV. dismissing Fouquet  407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouvois  411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam III., Prince of Orange  434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Brothers Witt  436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Turenne  443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Exploit of John Bart's  446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuquesne victorious over Ruyter  446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarshal Luxembourg  461a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeinsius  461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBattle of St. Vincent  465a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Neerwinden  465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here is the King of Spain.\"   475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNews for William III.  481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBivouac of Louis XIV.  503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Grand Dauphin  505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarshal Villars and Prince Eugene  512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarly  525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColonnade of the Louvre  525a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Louvre and the Tuileries  525b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVersailles  526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVauban  534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Torture of the Huguenots  552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevocation of the Edict of Nantes  556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Roland the Camisard  569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbey of Port-Royal  580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading the Decree  581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBossuet  591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlaise Pascal  597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFenelon and the Duke of Burgundy  610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Rochefoucauld and his fair Friends  629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Bruyere  633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorneille reading to Louis XIV.  642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRacine   646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoileau-Despreaux  650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLa Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine  657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoliere  664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Moliere  669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLebrun  674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe Poussin and Claude Lorrain  675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesueur  676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMignard  677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerrault  678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXXV.----HENRY IV., PROTESTANT KING. (1589-1593.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the 2d of August, 1589, in the morning, upon his arrival in his\u003cbr\u003equarters at Meudon, Henry of Navarre was saluted by the Protestants King\u003cbr\u003eof France.  They were about five thousand in an army of forty thousand\u003cbr\u003emen.  When, at ten o'clock, he entered the camp of the Catholics at St.\u003cbr\u003eCloud, three of their principal leaders, Marshal d'Aumont, and Sires\u003cbr\u003ed'Humieres and de Givry, immediately acknowledged him unconditionally, as\u003cbr\u003ethey had done the day before at the death-bed of Henry III., and they at\u003cbr\u003eonce set to work to conciliate to him the noblesse of Champagne, Picardy,\u003cbr\u003eand Ile-de-France.  \"Sir,\" said Givry, \"you are the king of the brave;\u003cbr\u003eyou will be deserted by none but dastards.\"  But the majority of the\u003cbr\u003eCatholic leaders received him with such expressions as, \"Better die than\u003cbr\u003eendure a Huguenot king!\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146474209520,"sku":"2940015759402","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015759402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}