The Favorites Of Henry Of Navarre

Author : Le Petit Homme Rouge
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ISBN 13 : 9781332335091
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Favourites of Henry of Navarre (Classic Reprint) written by Le Petit Homme Rouge and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Favourites of Henry of Navarre Three years ago the reviewers and the public gave a flattering reception to a book written by Le Petit Homme Rouge on the Court of the Tuileries in the days of the Second French Empire. He now offers a work in some respects similar to and in others different from his previous effort. For instance, this volume contains no elaborate descriptions of Court life and ceremonial, though these are incidentally dealt with; and while, on the other hand, monarchs, nobles, and statesmen again throng Le Petit Homme Rouge's pages, they are men of long ago, offering frequently but little resemblance to those about whom the author wrote in his earlier work. This time, moreover, his theme is more particularly Woman in connection with History. He holds the view that, although women have been debarred by the Salic Law from reigning in France, they have really exercised more power and influence there than in any other country. It is, indeed, certain that the fair and frail creatures, with whom one or another Sovereign became infatuated in the days of the old monarchy, often proved, for good or for evil, important factors in the national life, and that due account of them and their influence should therefore be taken by every student who desires to arrive at a right understanding of French history. The present volume, then, treats of the Favourites of that famous monarch, Henri de Navarre; and although he was a ruler who never deliberately entrusted the authority vested in himself to either wife or mistress, the readers of this book will probably recognize that his personal career and the fortunes of his Kingdom were profoundly influenced by his numerous entanglements with women. 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.