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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1859. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... NEW AND INTERESTING WORKS PUBLISHED BY MESSRS. HURST AND BLACKETT, SUCCESSORS TO MR. COLBURN. HENRY III. KING OF FRANCE AND POLAND; HIS COURT AND TIMES. From numerous unpublished sources, including MS. Documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archive* of France and Italy. By MISS FREER, Author of "Marguerite d'Attgouleme," "Elizabeth de Valois, and the Court of Philip II," &c 3 vote* post 8vo. with fine portraits, 31s. 6d. bound. "Miss Freer having won for herself the reputation of a most painstaking, . and firnstworihy historian not less than an accomplished writer, by her previous memoirs -*'r sovereigns of the houses of Valois and Navarre, will not fail to meet with a most cordial and hearty welcome for her present admirable history of Henry III., the last (c)J the French kings of the house of Valois. We refer our readers to the volumes themselves for the interesting details of the life and reign of Henry III., his residence m Poland, his marriage with Louise de Lorraine, his cruelties, his hypocrisies, his penances DEGREES his assassination by the hands of the monk Jaques Clement, &c. Upon these points, as. well as with reference to other persons who occupied a prominent position during taitt period, abundant information is afforded by Miss Freer; and the public will feel with -*that a deep debt of gratitude is due to that lady for the faithful and admirable manner to which sbe has pourtrayed the Court and Times of Henry the Third."-- Chronicic. "The previous historical labours of Miss Freer were so successful as to affosd a rick promise in the present undertaking, the performance of which, it is not top much to say* exceeds expectation, and testifies to her being not only the most accomplished, bnt the most accurate of modern female historians..
| ISBN-13 | 9781153887595 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153887592 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 110 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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