La Grande Mademoiselle, 1627-1652

CHAPTER V

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I. The Beginning of Trouble--Paris and the Parisians in 1648--II. The Parliamentary Fronde--Mademoiselle Would Be Queen of France--III. The Fronde of the Princes and the Union of the Frondes--Projects for an Alliance with Condé--IV. La Grande Mademoiselle's Heroic Period--The Capture of Orleans--The Combat in the Faubourg Saint Antoine--The End of the Fronde--Exile 328-436

ILLUSTRATIONS

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LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE _Frontispiece_ From a steel engraving.

MARIE DE MÉDICIS 6 From a steel engraving.

THE CHÂTEAU OF VERSAILLES FROM THE TERRACE 8 After the painting by J. Rigaud.

THE TUILERIES FROM THE SEINE IN THE 16TH CENTURY 22 From a contemporary print.

MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ 54 From an engraving of the painting by Muntz.

CARDINAL RICHELIEU 84

THE ABBEY OF ST. GERMAIN DES-PRES IN THE 16TH CENTURY 110 From an old print.

LOUIS XIII., KING OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE 152 From an old print.

CORNEILLE 168 From an engraving of the painting by Lebrun.

RACINE 182 From a steel engraving.

THE HÔTEL DE RICHELIEU IN THE 17TH CENTURY 204 From a contemporary print.

A GAME OF CHANCE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 210 From an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc.

MARQUIS DE CINQ-MARS 212

ANNE OF AUSTRIA 242

VIEW OF THE LOUVRE FROM THE SEINE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 254 From an old print.

HENRIETTE, DUCHESSE D'ORLÉANS 258 From a steel engraving.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 292 From a steel engraving.

DUCHESSE DE CHEVREUSE 300

CARDINAL MAZARIN 320

MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER 324 From a steel engraving.

THE TOWER OF NESLE 342 From a contemporary print.

CARDINAL DE RETZ 344

MADAME DE LA VALLIÈRE 366 From a steel engraving.

VICOMTE DE TURENNE 398

VIEW OF THE LUXEMBOURG (LATER CALLED THE PALAIS D'ORLÉANS) IN THE 17TH CENTURY 410 From an old print.

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD 416 From a steel engraving.

PRINCE DE CONDÉ 420

DUC D'ORLÉANS 422

LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE

THE YOUTH OF LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE