CHAPTER I. THE PALATINE FAMILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

" II. RUPERT'S EARLY CAMPAIGNS. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND. MADEMOISELLE DE ROHAN . . . . . . . 20

" III. THE SIEGE OF BREDA. THE ATTEMPT ON THE PALATINATE. RUPERT'S CAPTIVITY. . . . . . . . 34

" IV. THE PALATINES IN FRANCE. RUPERT'S RELEASE . . . 48

" V. ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. POSITION IN THE ARMY. CAUSES OF FAILURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

" VI. THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. POWICK BRIDGE. EDGEHILL. THE MARCH TO LONDON . . . . . . . . 85

" VII. THE WAR IN 1643. THE QUARREL WITH HERTFORD. THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN . . . . . . . . . . . 101

" VIII. THE PRESIDENCY OF WALES. THE RELIEF OF NEWARK. QUARRELS AT COURT. NORTHERN MARCH. MARSTON MOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

" IX. INTRIGUES IN THE ARMY. DEPRESSION OF RUPERT. TREATY OF UXBRIDGE. RUPERT IN THE MARCHES. STRUGGLE WITH DIGBY. BATTLE OF NASEBY . . . 154

" X. RUPERT'S PEACE POLICY. THE SURRENDER OF BRISTOL. DIGBY'S PLOT AGAINST RUPERT. THE SCENE AT NEWARK. RECONCILIATION WITH THE KING. THE FALL OF OXFORD . . . . . . . . 177

" XI. THE ELECTOR'S ALLIANCE WITH THE PARLIAMENT. EDWARD'S MARRIAGE. ASSASSINATION OF D'EPINAY BY PHILIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

" XII. CAMPAIGN IN THE FRENCH ARMY. COURTSHIP OF MADEMOISELLE. DUELS WITH DIGBY AND PERCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

" XIII. RUPERT'S CARE OF THE FLEET. NEGOTIATIONS WITH SCOTS. RUPERT'S VOYAGE TO IRELAND. THE EXECUTION OF THE KING. LETTERS OF SOPHIE TO RUPERT AND MAURICE . . . . . . . . . 222

" XIV. THE FLEET IN THE TAGUS. AT TOULON. THE VOYAGE TO THE AZORES. THE WRECK OF THE "CONSTANT REFORMATION." ON THE AFRICAN COAST. LOSS OF MAURICE IN THE "DEFIANCE." THE RETURN TO FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

" XV. RUPERT AT PARIS. ILLNESS. QUARREL WITH CHARLES II. FACTIONS AT ST. GERMAINS. RUPERT GOES TO GERMANY. RECONCILED WITH CHARLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

" XVI. RESTORATION OF CHARLES LOUIS TO THE PALATINATE. FLIGHT OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE FROM THE HAGUE. RUPERT'S DEMAND FOR AN APPANAGE. QUARREL WITH THE ELECTOR . . . . . 283

" XVII. RUPERT'S RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1660. VISIT TO VIENNA. LETTERS TO LEGGE . . . . . . . . . . 293

" XVIII. RUPERT AND THE FLEET. PROPOSED VOYAGE TO GUINEA. ILLNESS OF RUPERT. THE FIRST DUTCH WAR. THE NAVAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE PRINCE. SECOND DUTCH WAR. ANTI-FRENCH POLITICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

" XIX. RUPERT'S POSITION AT COURT. HIS CARE FOR DISTRESSED CAVALIERS. HIS INVENTIONS. LIFE AT WINDSOR. DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

" XX. THE PALATINES ON THE CONTINENT. RUPERT'S DISPUTES WITH THE ELECTOR. THE ELECTOR'S ANXIETY FOR RUPERT'S RETURN. WANT OF AN HEIR TO THE PALATINATE. FRANCISCA BARD. RUPERT'S CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . 344

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

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