Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 433
by, in the Passage Charlemagne, is the Hotelof the royal Provost of Paris. As we cross the Rue St.Antoine to the old Place Royale (des Vosges), we maynote at No 21 the Hotel de Mayenne—where the chamberstill exists in which the leaders of the League met anddecided to assassinate Henry III,—and at… … PLACE DES VOSGES, MAISON DE VICTOR HUGO. Bedford during the English occupation, near which HenryII. lost his life in the fatal tournament. The palace becamehateful to Catherine de Medici, and she had it demolished. THE VILLE 297 The site was subsequently used as a horse market, andthere three…
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