The Amours of Henri De Navarre and of Marguerite De Valois (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Amours of Henri De Navarre and of Marguerite De Valois Henri de Navarre - the gallant Henri IV.; Marguerite de Valois - famous as La Reine Margot - these are two names which will never be forgotten in France. The former was the first of the Bourbons to ascend the French throne; the latter, Henri's cousin and first wife, the last legitimate representative of the Valois dynasty. While France still looks back with pride to the "Bearnais," the Prince who, originally a Protestant, fought so nobly to establish himself on a Catholic throne, it is not merely on account of his bravery and his subsequent humanity that he maintains a place in the heart of her people. There is another reason to endear the name of Henri de Navarre to a race always frivolous, gay, and light-hearted. This is that the immense number of his affaires de c ur the innumerable love-intrigues by which the Navarrese Prince made himself famous, proved him to be so essentially a Frenchman, one of the people themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."