قراءة كتاب Political Women, Vol. 2
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POLITICAL WOMEN.
BY
SUTHERLAND MENZIES,
AUTHOR OF “ROYAL FAVOURITES,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
Henry S. King & Co.,
65, Cornhill, and 12, Paternoster Row, London.
1873.
[All rights reserved.]
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
| BOOK V.—continued. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| CHAP. III. | —The struggle between Condé and Turenne—Noble conduct of Mademoiselle de Montpensier—Fall of the Fronde | 3 |
| IV. | —The Duke de Nemours slain in a duel by his brother-in-law Beaufort | 12 |
| V. | —Triumph of Mazarin | 16 |
| BOOK VI. | ||
| CHAP. I. | —Closing scenes—Madame de Longueville | 35 |
| II. | —Madame de Chevreuse | 49 |
| III. | —The Princess Palatine | 54 |
| IV. | —Madame de Montbazon | 61 |
| V. | —Mademoiselle de Montpensier | 69 |
| VI. | —The Wife of the Great Condé | 80 |
| PART II. | ||
| The Duchess of Portsmouth | 93 | |
| PART III. | ||
| BOOK I. | ||
| PRINCESS DES URSINS. | ||
| CHAP. I. | —Two ladies of the Bedchamber during the war of the Spanish Succession—Lady Churchill and the Princess des Ursins—Political motives for their elevation in England and Spain | 127 |
| II. | —The Princess des Ursins—The married life of Anne de la Tremouille—She becomes the centre of contemporary politics in Rome | 131 |
| III. | —Madame des Ursins aspires to govern Spain—Her manœuvres to secure the post of Camerara-Mayor | 141 |
| IV. | —The Princess assumes the functions of Camerara-Mayor to the young Queen of Spain—An unpropitious royal wedding | 148 |
| V. | —Onerous and incongruous duties of the Camerara-Mayor—She renders Marie Louise popular with the Spaniards—The policy adopted by the Princess for the regeneration of Spain—Character of Philip and Marie Louise—Two political systems combated by Madame des Ursins—She effects the ruin of her political rivals and reigns absolutely in the Councils of the Crown | 161 |
| VI. | —The Princess makes a false step in her Statecraft—A blunder and an imbroglio | 175 |
| VII. | —The Princess quits Madrid by command of Louis XIV.—After> a short exile, she receives permission to visit Versailles | 184 |
| VIII. | —The Princess triumphs at Versailles | 192 |
| BOOK II. | ||
| CHAP. I. | —Sarah Jennings and John Churchill | 207 |
| II. | —State of parties in action on the accession of Queen Anne—Harley and Bolingbroke aim at overthrowing the sway of the female “Viceroy”—Abigail Hill becomes the instrument of the Duchess’s downfall—Squabbles between the Queen and her Mistress of the Robes | 215 |
| III. | —Success of the Cabal—The Queen emancipates herself from all obligations to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough—The downfall of the Duchess and the Whigs resolved upon—The Duchess’s stormy and final interview with the Queen | 233 |