Political Women, Vol. 1

Chapter 3

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CHAP. I.--The Duchess de Longueville and the Duke de la Rochefoucauld 121

II.--La Rochefoucauld draws Madame de Longueville into the vortex of politics and civil war 131

III.--The Duchess de Chevreuse driven into exile for the third time 143

IV.--Fatal influence of Madame de Longueville's passion for La Rochefoucauld--The Fronde 149

V.--Madame de Longueville wins over her brother Conde to the Fronde 161

VI.--The causes which led to the _coup d'etat_--The arrest of the Princes 168

VII.--Madame de Longueville's adventures in Normandy--The _Women's War_ 178