Excerpt from Louis the Fourteenth, Vol. 6: The Court of France in the Seventeenth Century Anticipations of the Dauphin - The Female Cabal Prejudices of the Dauphin - Death of Pere la Chaise The new Confessor, Michel le T ellier; His Portrait Famine of I7og - Royal Plate Once More Sent to the Mint - Military Reverses - Egotism of Louis XIV. The Duke of Fronsac - Children of the Duchess of Bourgogne - Death of the Duke of Bourbon - Conde Marriage of the Duke of Berri; His Portrait - Charac ter of His Bride - The Union an Unhappy one-the Children of the Duke of Maine Created Princes of the Blood - Ah Unpleasant Interview - Murmurs of the Courtiers - Victory of Villa Viciosa - Death of the Emperor Joseph - Public Joy - Illness and Death of the Dauphin - A Prince and His Mistress - Dispersion of the Meudon Cabal - The Duke of Bourgogne Dau phin of France - Isolation of the Duchess of Bourbon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.