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A summer in Touraine (1909)

Lees, George Frederic William, 1872- · London : Methuen · leaf 54

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have heedlesslyled us all to the slaughter ! And thatremark, coupled with the death of thosepoor men, so touched her heart that shetook to her bed, having previously beenill, and never rose from it again. In the eyes of the Kings of France, thesetwo murders would appear to have cast anindelible… … o a H u w THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE 29 of Orleans chose it as a home, and that was thebrother of Louis xm, Gaston by name, who,in addition to being singularly insensible tobeauty, was too obtuse to be affected bysanguinary memories. He it was whoemployed Francois Mansart to build thewestern wing, that…

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