Copy 1, Volume 1

Béarn and the Pyrenees : a legendary tour of the country of Henry Quatre / By Louisa Stuart Costello. With numerous illustrations.

  • Louisa Stuart Costello
Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Béarn and the Pyrenees : a legendary tour of the country of Henry Quatre / By Louisa Stuart Costello. With numerous illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. Introduction Page v CHAPTER I. HonfLeur—Dejazet—The Sailor Prince—Le Mari—Lisieux—La Croix Blanche—Arrival at Falaise—Guibray—Castle of P’alaise —The little Recess—Arlette—The Father—The Infant Hero— The Uncle—Arlette’s Tears—Her Reception 1 CHAPTER II. Prince Arthur—Want of Gallantry Punished—The Recreant Sow —The Rocks of Noron—La Grande Eperonniere—Le Camp- ferme—Antiquities of Falaise—Aler^on—Norman Caps—Geese —Le Mans —Tomb of Berangere—Cathedral—Ancient Remains —Streets—The Veiled Figure 17 CHAPTER III. Tomb of Berangere—Wives of Coeur de Lion—Tombs—Abbey Churches—Chateau of Le Mans—De Craon—The Spectre of Le Mans—The Vendeeans—Madame de la Roche-Jaquelin— A Woman’s Perils — Disasters of the Vendeeans — Henri— Chouans 36 CHAPTER IV. The Museum of Le Mans—Venus—Mummy—Geoffrey-le-Bel— His Costume—Matilda—Scarron—Helie de la Fldche—Rufus —The White Knight 59 CHAPTER V. Lude—Saumur Revisited—The Garden—La Petite Voisine—The Retired Militaire—Les Pierres Couvertes—Les Petites Pierres —Loudun—Urbain Grandier—Richelieu—The Nuns—The Vic- tim—The Fly—The Malle Poste—The Dislodged Serpents. 71
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