Key words and phrases Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Comte d'Artois, Madame de Polignac, Maria Theresa, Madame du Barry, Joseph II, Versailles, Madame Campan, France, dauphiness, grand almoner, Comte de Provence, Baron de Breteuil, Princesse de Lamballe, Choiseul, Austria, Maurepas, queen, Marriage of Figaro |
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 | Vienna - Page 215were the dispositions and resources of his ally, and to strengthen the union of the cabinets of Vienna and Versailles in case of future eventualities. ...more pages: xiii xvii 1 7 10 12 43 103 224 294 |
| Paris - Page 76Certain malicious jealousies had caused the postponement of the solemn entry of the young couple into the good city of Paris. ...more pages: 28 61 77 80 82 84 205 209 232 239 |
| Toulouse - Page 335On the other hand, the queen had a high opinion of the archbishop of Toulouse, and had been accustomed for a long time to regard him as the future ...more pages: 274 334 336 339 |
More | Lisbon - Page 1a frightful earthquake visited central Europe, destroying Lisbon, chasing the future godfather and godmother of the child from their crumbling palace, ... |
| Cologne - Page 277She had spoken to Maurepas ; and Vergennes having made no serious objection, and the king having approved, the French minister to Cologne, the Comte ...more pages: 276 |
| Belgrade - Page xvseemed the consecration of this policy of peace; and even the treaty of Belgrade, wherein French influence, exerted for the benefit of Turkey, ...more pages: xiv |
| Brest - Page 254The failure of this campaign, undertaken at such great expense, the entrance of D'Orvilliers into Brest without having done anything, ...more pages: 211 |
| Nachod - Page 222On July 5 Frederick II. entered Nachod in Bohemia, and on the 7th, the first shots were fired. Maria Theresa was wild with anxiety; she knew that the ... |
| London - Page xxhoodwinked his perspicacity, and one fine day announced to him cynically that his minister to London had just signed a treaty of alliance with England ...more pages: xxi 122 132 136 158 222 305 334 |
| Madrid - Page 62especially over that of Spain, that he said himself he was more sure of his power in the cabinet at Madrid than in the one at Versailles. ...more pages: 234 |
| Berlin - Page xxAn ambassador extraordinary, the Due de Nivernais, was sent to Berlin under pretext of examining with the king of Prussia the manner of renewing the ...more pages: 133 |
| Brussels - Page 157Already the French minister to Brussels, he wished to be made ambassador to Constantinople, then to Vienna; but Maria Theresa opposed this last ...more pages: 312 |
| Mayence - Page 313Would not the bishop of Mayence, who was the metropolitan of the bishop of Strasburg, take up the affair? And would the emperor tolerate the violation ... |
| Freiburg - Page 183and white lambs which had been brought from Freiburg; she had her pigeons and her hens, which she fed ; she had her parterres, which she watered. ... |
| Caen - Page 321At Caen, where the keys of the city were presented to him, with these words, " Cordibus apertis inutiles" and where he ordered the guards to allow ... |
| Luxembourg - Page xvFrederick II., these intimate relations were on the point of resulting in the peaceful surrender of the grand duchy of Luxembourg to the king. ... |
| Rouen - Page 249At Rouen a travelling actor, who was still obscure, but who was destined to a great and sinister celebrity, Col- lot d'Herbois, played on the stage of ...more pages: 321 |
| Turin - Page 131On the 28th Madame Clotilde said farewell to her French family and set out for Turin. Her departure was no great grief to the queen. ... |
| Chimay - Page 243Mesdames the aunts, Mesdames de Lamballe, de Chimay, de Mailly, d'Ossun, de Tavannes, and de Guemenee, were there, passing alternately from the ... |
| Stockholm - Page 162The Count Axel von Fersen, of a noble Swedish family, whose father was the chief of the party of the Chapeaux, or the French faction in Stockholm, ... |
| Hanover - Page 227and Prussia, feeling herself the stronger, being secretly aided by Russia and openly by Saxony and Hanover, adjourned any agreement. ... |
| Nuremberg - Page 122He flew after him, followed him across Germany, overtook him in a wood near Nuremberg, and after wanderings, perils, fights with robbers, ... |
| Rennes - Page 275275 Formerly favoured by Choiseul, and successively intendant of Rennes, of Metz, and of Lille, but burdened with debts, owing everybody, ... |
| Rome - Page 313The court of Rome itself was aroused, blamed the cardinal for having accepted a lay jurisdiction, and threatened him with a suspension of his honours ... |
| Lille - Page 275275 Formerly favoured by Choiseul, and successively intendant of Rennes, of Metz, and of Lille, but burdened with debts, owing everybody, ... |
| Augsburg - Page 14On the 25th she arrived at Munich ; on the 29th at Augsburg; on the 3Oth at Gunzburg. All along her route the people assembled in crowds, ... |
| Munich - Page 14On the 25th she arrived at Munich ; on the 29th at Augsburg; on the 3Oth at Gunzburg. All along her route the people assembled in crowds, ... |
| Naples - Page xivthe treaties of Vienna and of Aix-la-Chapelle, evicting it from Naples and Parma, and the treaty of Belgrade, reducing it on the east, had essentially ... |
| Castries - Page 270Marie Antoinette had no part in it; she had always protected Castries, and she continued to do so to the end, and aided in obtaining for him an ...more pages: xi 277 339 |
| Saint Louis - Page 244Esprit, brought him the cordon bleu; the Marquis de Segur, minister of war, the cross of St. Louis. A Te Deum succeeded the.more pages: 113 |
| Charlotte - Page 234in the chapel of the chateau, in the presence of the king, by the Cardinal de Rohan, grand almoner, and received the names of Marie The>ese Charlotte. ...more pages: 257 |
| Boston - Page 251The talk was of nothing but America; every one dreamed of the United States ; hair was dressed aux insurgents ; one played Boston ; every one grew ... |
| Saint Paul - Page 314even to the door of the king's chapel, a statement wherein he compared Mon- scigncur de Rohan to Saint Paul in irons, and himself to Timothy. ... |
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MoreOther editions | by Maxime de La Rocheterie
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