The Life Of Marie De Medicis
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781419169762
Subjects: Biography: historical; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: Having resolved that the coronation of the Queen should take place before his departure for Germany, and being anxious to commence the projected campaign with the least possible delay, Henry named the 5th of May as the day on which the ceremony was to be performed; but having learnt from a private despatch that the Archduke had resolved at the eleventh hour not to incur the hazard of a war with France upon so frivolous a pretext as the forcible retention of a Princess, who moreover, remained under his charge against her own free will, he resolved to defer the pageant until the advent of the fair fugitive who would, as he felt, constitute its brightest ornament.