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Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux of France (1900)

Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York, J. Pott · leaf 266

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.In 1631 it passed from the hands of Louise,daughter of Henri, Due de Guise, to those of CinqMars, Marshal of France, and in 1765 to the Duede Luynes. After another century of changes itcame into the possession of its present owner, M.Siegfried. No ancient castle could possess a better 1 For the… … Joangeaid 215 chatelain; all the old beauties are preserved, andthe necessities of a more complex modern life areintroduced with a care and an artistic feeling thatleave no sense of incongruity or incompleteness.Nor are the charms of Langeais limited to its cas-tle walls. The park that stretches…

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