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Queen and cardinal : a memoir of Anne of Austria and of her relations with Cardinal Mazarin

CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MARRIAGE OF LOUIS Two Young Princesses — The Spanish Bride — Royal Preparations — The French Bride — The Interchange — Louis XIII. — His Occupations — His Letter of Welcome — Description of Anne — An Unlucky Omen — The Marriage — Anne's Difficult Position 1 CHAPTER II THE INFATUATION OF BUCKINGHAM Due de Luynes — Duchesse de Luynes — Anne's Flirtations — Duke of Buckingham — The Royal Banquet — Court at Amiens — Romantic Adventure — The Duke's Farewell — His Audacious Conduct — Last Interview — Cardinal Richelieu 14 CHAPTER III RICHELIEU INTERVENES A Love Intrigue — Richelieu's Accusation against Anne — Marquis de Chalais — His Death — Exile of Duchesse de Chevreuse — Siege of Rochelle — Unhappy Union 26 CHAPTER IV THE QUEEN AND THE COURT Val-de-Grace — Archbishop's Visit — Court Beauties — Marie de' Medici — Queens reconciled 35 CHAPTER V THE "COUP DE COMPIEGNE" Queen's Bed-chamber — The Queen-Mother — "Coup de Compiegne" — Return of the Duchess — Her Midnight Visits — Chevalier de Jars — Hangman to the Cardinal — Scene at the Altar — De Jars condemned and reprieved 41 CHAPTER VI THE POWER OF RICHELIEU Adventures of the Duchesse de Chevreuse — Arrival in Spa

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