Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateaux of France (1893)
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 · New York : Scribner · leaf 27
857), probably writtenby one Antoine le Plessis-Richelieu, Captain of the Kings Guards atAmboise. Mezeray describing the conspiracy of Amboise says : Ondonna le commandement des Mousquetaires a Cheval a Antoine duPlessis Richelieu, Gentilhomme Poitevin, tout avoue a la maison deGuise. He was called… … CHENONCEAUX By now the King was crossing to the higherterrace by a bridge, beneath which countless fishwere playing, much to the amusement of the suite,and on the terrace was a great tower, built withmany holes, with a bright light within that shonethrough many-coloured glasses. As he entered…
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