A GERMAN POMPADOUR Being the Extraordinary History of

MARIE HAY AUTHOR OF 'DIANNE DE POYTIERS' AND 'AN UNREQUITED LOYALTY'

BOOK OF MEMORIES IS DEDICATED TO

A MEMORY

PREFACE

CONTENTS

A GERMAN POMPADOUR

CHAPTER I THE INTRIGUE

CHAPTER II THE AVE MARIA

CHAPTER III THE FIRST STEP

CHAPTER IV THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER V THE PLAY-ACTING

CHAPTER VI LOVE'S SPRINGTIDE

CHAPTER VII THE FULFILMENT

CHAPTER VIII THE GHETTO

CHAPTER IX 'SHE COMES TO STAY THIS TIME'

CHAPTER X THE ATTACK IN THE GROTTO

CHAPTER XI THE MOCK MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XII THE MOCK COURT

CHAPTER XIII THE DUCHESS'S BLACK ROOMS

CHAPTER XIV THE SECOND MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XV THE RETURN

CHAPTER XVI LUDWIGSBURG

CHAPTER XVII THE BURNING IN EFFIGY

CHAPTER XVIII THE SINNER'S PALACE

CHAPTER XIX THE GREAT TRIUMPH AND THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XX SATIETY

CHAPTER XXI THE DOWNFALL

CHAPTER XXII REST

A GERMAN POMPADOUR

WILHELMINE REICHSGRÄFIN VON GRÄVENITZ.

WILHELMINE REICHSGRÄFIN VON GRÄVENITZ.

From a Portrait in the collection of Frau Anna Remshardt at Heilbronn.