Chapter V

I. The Beginning of Trouble--Paris and the Parisians in
1648--II. The Parliamentary Fronde--Mademoiselle Would Be Queen
of France--III. The Fronde of the Princes and the Union of the
Frondes--Projects for an Alliance with Condé--IV. La Grande
Mademoiselle's Heroic Period--The Capture of Orleans--The Combat in
the Faubourg Saint Antoine--The End of the Fronde--Exile 328-436

ILLUSTRATIONS

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LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE _Frontispiece_
From a steel engraving.

MARIE DE MÉDICIS 6
From a steel engraving.

THE CHÂTEAU OF VERSAILLES FROM THE TERRACE 8
After the painting by J. Rigaud.

THE TUILERIES FROM THE SEINE IN THE 16TH CENTURY 22
From a contemporary print.

MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ 54
From an engraving of the painting by Muntz.

CARDINAL RICHELIEU 84

THE ABBEY OF ST. GERMAIN DES-PRES IN THE 16TH CENTURY 110
From an old print.

LOUIS XIII., KING OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE 152
From an old print.

CORNEILLE 168
From an engraving of the painting by Lebrun.

RACINE 182
From a steel engraving.

THE HÔTEL DE RICHELIEU IN THE 17TH CENTURY 204
From a contemporary print.

A GAME OF CHANCE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 210
From an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc.

MARQUIS DE CINQ-MARS 212

ANNE OF AUSTRIA 242

VIEW OF THE LOUVRE FROM THE SEINE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 254
From an old print.

HENRIETTE, DUCHESSE D'ORLÉANS 258
From a steel engraving.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 292
From a steel engraving.

DUCHESSE DE CHEVREUSE 300

CARDINAL MAZARIN 320

MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER 324
From a steel engraving.

THE TOWER OF NESLE 342
From a contemporary print.

CARDINAL DE RETZ 344

MADAME DE LA VALLIÈRE 366
From a steel engraving.

VICOMTE DE TURENNE 398

VIEW OF THE LUXEMBOURG (LATER CALLED THE PALAIS D'ORLÉANS)
IN THE 17TH CENTURY 410
From an old print.

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD 416
From a steel engraving.

PRINCE DE CONDÉ 420

DUC D'ORLÉANS 422

LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE

THE YOUTH OF LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE