| | | PAGE | | INTRODUCTION | ix | I. | LOUIS XIV | 1 | II. | MME DE MAINTENON | 42 | III. | THE DAILY LIFE OF LOUIS XIV | 69 | IV. | MADAME AND MME DE MAINTENON | 90 | V. | THE REVIEW AT COMPIÈGNE | 93 | VI. | THE DEATH OF MONSEIGNEUR | 106 | VII. | PORTRAITS: | | 1. | Achille de Harlay | 140 | | 2. | Mme de Castries | 142 | | 3. | Le Nostre | 143 | | 4. | VendÔme | 144 | | 5. | Vauban | 146 | | 6. | D’Antin | 152 | | 7. | Le Prince de Conti | 157 | | 8. | Le Duc et la Duchesse de Bourgogne | 160 | | 9. | Cardinal d’EstrÉes | 172 | | 10. | Beauvillier | 177 | | 11. | FÉnelon | 180 | | 12. | Villeroy | 189 | | 13. | Le Duc d’OrlÉans | 191 | VIII. | THE ABBÉ DUBOIS AND THE SEE OF CAMBRAI | 210 | APPENDIX A. The Councils and the Secretaries of State | 215 | APPENDIX B. Extracts from Vauban, Projet d’une dÎme royale | 217 | Index of Persons mentioned in the Notes | 219 | Plan of the ChÂteau de Versailles | 66 |
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