Enigmas of HistoryM. Joseph, 1957 - 253 pages |
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... Jeanne de la Motte had the gift of charming people into believing almost anything she wanted them to believe ... Jeanne's lover the more firmly to bind him to their purposes . By the April of 1784 , Jeanne was able to show the 237 THE ...
... Jeanne de la Motte had the gift of charming people into believing almost anything she wanted them to believe ... Jeanne's lover the more firmly to bind him to their purposes . By the April of 1784 , Jeanne was able to show the 237 THE ...
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... Jeanne ( in virtue of her Valois blood ) created Baronne Gay d'Oliva ( anagramis- tically , Valoi ) . Fortunately for them all the ' Baronne ' had a distinct resemblance to the Queen . Before long Jeanne told Gay that the Queen wanted ...
... Jeanne ( in virtue of her Valois blood ) created Baronne Gay d'Oliva ( anagramis- tically , Valoi ) . Fortunately for them all the ' Baronne ' had a distinct resemblance to the Queen . Before long Jeanne told Gay that the Queen wanted ...
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... Jeanne de la Motte in England where she could safely write and publish the calumnies which were to be the final fuel to kindle the revolutionary flame . That the clue to the enigma of the escape is Cagliostro -not the ' charlatan ' but ...
... Jeanne de la Motte in England where she could safely write and publish the calumnies which were to be the final fuel to kindle the revolutionary flame . That the clue to the enigma of the escape is Cagliostro -not the ' charlatan ' but ...
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FOREWORD II | 11 |
The Wives of King George IV | 19 |
The Parentage of Queen Elizabeth I | 91 |
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