Fiction · 1893
A Gentleman of France
Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac
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Contents
- Chapter I — The Sport of Fools
- Chapter II — The King of Navarre
- Chapter III — Boot and Saddle
- Chapter IV — Mademoiselle de la Vire
- Chapter V — The Road to Blois
- Chapter VI — My Mother’s Lodging
- Chapter VII — Simon Fleix
- Chapter VIII — An Empty Room
- Chapter IX — The House in the Ruelle D’Arcy
- Chapter X — The Fight on the Stairs
- Chapter XI — The Man at the Door
- Chapter XII — Maximilian de Bethune, Baron de Rosny
- Chapter XIII — At Rosny
- Chapter XIV — M. de Rambouillet
- Chapter XV — Vilain Herodes
- Chapter XVI — In the King’s Chamber
- Chapter XVII — The Jacobin Monk
- Chapter XVIII — The Offer of the League
- Chapter XIX — Men Call It Chance
- Chapter XX — The King’s Face
- Chapter XXI — Two Women
- Chapter XXII — ‘La Femme Dispose.’
- Chapter XXIII — The Last Valois
- Chapter XXIV — A Royal Peril
- Chapter XXV — Terms of Surrender
- Chapter XXVI — Meditations
- Chapter XXVII — To Me, My Friends!
- Chapter XXVIII — The Castle on the Hill
- Chapter XXIX — Pestilence and Famine
- Chapter XXX — Stricken
- Chapter XXXI — Under the Greenwood
- Chapter XXXII — A Tavern Brawl
- Chapter XXXIII — At Meudon
- Chapter XXXIV — ‘’tis an Ill Wind.’
- Chapter XXXV — ‘Le Roi Est Mort!’
- Chapter XXXVI — ‘Vive Le Roi!’
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