Enigmas of HistoryM. Joseph, 1957 - 253 pages |
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Page 208
... secret had been kept even in Court circles and ( by the reference to Berwick ) how , from the first , the mysterious man was supposed to have some connection with England . In the May of 1717 , the youthful Voltaire made his first ...
... secret had been kept even in Court circles and ( by the reference to Berwick ) how , from the first , the mysterious man was supposed to have some connection with England . In the May of 1717 , the youthful Voltaire made his first ...
Page 211
... secret negotiations between the Duke of Mantua and Louis XIV . There was no secret about him . A book about him was published in 1682 and the matter was a subject of newspaper comment in 1687. As Lang says rightly , ' for years after ...
... secret negotiations between the Duke of Mantua and Louis XIV . There was no secret about him . A book about him was published in 1682 and the matter was a subject of newspaper comment in 1687. As Lang says rightly , ' for years after ...
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... secret labyrinth . Such a theory also fits the odd fact that Minette did not know who he was when he went , in the ordinary course of the secret negotiations , to her brother . Minette , as the wife of Louis XIV's younger brother Philip ...
... secret labyrinth . Such a theory also fits the odd fact that Minette did not know who he was when he went , in the ordinary course of the secret negotiations , to her brother . Minette , as the wife of Louis XIV's younger brother Philip ...
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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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