[Gutenberg 23128] • The King's Esquires; Or, The Jewel of France
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- Authors
- Fenn, George Manville
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Tags
- 1515-1547 -- fiction , france -- history -- francis i
- ISBN
- 9781518702662
- Date
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.24 MB
- Lang
- en
His Most Christian Majesty King Francis the First had a great preference for his Palace of Fontainebleau among the many places of residence from which he could choose, and it is interesting to glance into that magnificent palace on a certain afternoon in the year 151-. In a special apartment, from which direct access could be obtained to the guard chamber, where a detachment of the favourite musketeers of the King of France was on duty, and which also communicated with the monarch's private apartments, a youth, nearly a man but not quite was impatiently striding up and down.