Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country (1906)
Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 268
ofthe belle des belles of Charles VII. that, ina way, contributed to that monarchs successin politics and arms, for her sway only beganwith Jeanne dArcs supplication at Gien andChinon. Tradition has it, indeed, that it wasthe ^ gentille Agnes who put the sword ofvictory in his hands when he set out… … s o ^ CHAPTEE X. TOUES AND ABOUT THEKE TouEs, above all other of the ancient capitalsof the French provinces, remains to-day a villede luxe, the elegant capital of a land balmy anddelicious; a land of which Dante sung: « Terra molle, e dolce e dilettosa. ... It is not a very grand town as the…
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