Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateaux of France (1893)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York : Scribner · leaf 273
hesperish by evil travail : and he begetteth a son and there is nothing inhis hand. AmoN(. the first acts of the new King after the death of Francis I. wasthe L^ift of the ro)-altlomain of Chenonceauxto Diane de Poitiers,with whose name thechateau has ever sincebeen associated. But,though it is ill… … CHENOXCEA UX 241 Ladies ruled there even before Diana, and the lasthave but lately left this home among the naiadsof the Cher, which seemed especially dedicated tothe grace and luxury of women. Some distance eastward of the bridge of Tours,between the rivers of the Loire and Indre, nestlesthe…
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