Excerpt from The Passing of Louis XIV, Vol. 5: 1714 1717, an Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon Duchess of Orleans - Her personal appearance-her character Her extraordinary pride - Madame Lucifer - Her timidity and lazi ness - Relations with her brothers - Her household - The Saint Pierres - Madame Sforza - The Duchess of Orleans tries to conciliate society - Dinner-parties - The Duchess of Berry - Her appearance and character - Her intrigue with La Haye - Her hatred for her mother ...
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Excerpt from The Passing of Louis XIV, Vol. 5: 1714 1717, an Abridged Translation With Notes From the Memoirs of the Duke De Saint-Simon Duchess of Orleans - Her personal appearance-her character Her extraordinary pride - Madame Lucifer - Her timidity and lazi ness - Relations with her brothers - Her household - The Saint Pierres - Madame Sforza - The Duchess of Orleans tries to conciliate society - Dinner-parties - The Duchess of Berry - Her appearance and character - Her intrigue with La Haye - Her hatred for her mother - Her father alarmed about her - Madame - Her character and manners - A Princess of the old type - Her hatred of the bastards - Her relations with her son - Her afiectionate treatment of her - The Duke of Orleans' difficulties in his family circle - The Duchess prefers her brother's interests to his - Necessity for concealing his plans from her pp. 138453. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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