The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume VII., by Madame La Marquise DeMontespanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume VII. Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.Author: Madame La Marquise De MontespanRelease Date: September 29, 2006 [EBook #3853]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DEMONTESPANWritten by HerselfBeing the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.BOOK 7.CHAPTER XXXVIIThe King Takes Luxembourg Because It Is His Will.—Devastation of theElectorate of Treves.—The Marquis de Louvois.—His Portrait.—TheMarvels Which He Worked.—The Le Tellier and the Mortemart.—The KingDestines De Mortemart to a Colbert.—How One Manages Not to Bow.—TheDragonades.—A Necessary Man.—Money Makes Fat.—Meudon.—The Horoscope.This journey to Flanders did not keep the King long away from his capital. And, withal, he made two fine and richconquests, short as the space of time was. The important town of Luxembourg was necessary to him. He wanted it. TheMarechal de Crequi invested this place with an army of thirty thousand men, and made himself master of it at the end ...
Title: The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume VII. Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. Author: Madame La Marquise De Montespan Release Date: September 29, 2006 [EBook #3853] Language: English
Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV.
MEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN
Written by Herself
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN ***
The King Takes Luxembourg Because It Is His Will.—Devastation of the Electorate of Treves.—The Marquis de Louvois.—His Portrait.—The Marvels Which He Worked.—The Le Tellier and the Mortemart.—The King Destines De Mortemart to a Colbert.—How One Manages Not to Bow.—The Dragonades.—A Necessary Man.—Money Makes Fat.—Meudon.—The Horoscope.