Political Women, Vol. 1

PART I.

POLITICAL WOMEN.

CHAPTER I.

ANNE DE BOURBON, SISTER OF THE GREAT CONDE, AFTERWARDS DUCHESS DE LONGUEVILLE.

THE brilliant heroine of the Fronde, of whose grace, beauty, and influence Anne of Austria was so jealous--not to speak of the mortal rivalry of the gay Duchesses de Montbazon and de Chatillon--although the youngest of that famous trio whom Mazari...