Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateaux of France (1893)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York : Scribner · leaf 129
to guide us, our estimate of hercharacter and her worth would be a very differentone—with so much grace are they written, withso much insight and skill are the events of adistracted time described. Such women as JeannedAlbret are rare in the sixteenth century ; aMarguerite de Valois is needed to… … CHAPTER XVIII IJLOIS Javance parnii les decombresDe tout un monde enseveli,Dans le mystere des penombresA travers des limbes doubli. Gautier. Balzac was afraid that later generations wouldknow nothing of the Chateau of Blois save fromhis pages ; so far advanced, in his day, was theruin and decay of…
Castles -- France Touraine · Touraine (France) -- History
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