ISBN: 9780217456371

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895. Excerpt: ... himself from the dilemma. But his mother, Catherine, whose ambition was fully gratified to see one of her sons, it mattered not which, upon the throne of Naples, came to their assistance unexpectedly, and announced with great solemnity that in a few days she would lay at her niece''s feet a treasure so rich that, queen as she was, she had never dreamed of the like. The empress took with her half of her son''s troops, and laid siege to the fortress of St. Agatha, where Charles and Bert rand d''Artois had taken shelter from the officers of the law. The old count, dumfounded at the sudden appearance of this woman, who had been the soul of the conspiracy, and utterly at a loss to understand her hostile demonstration, sent messengers to her to demand the meaning of such a display of military force. Catherine replied in the following words, which we translate literally: My dear friends, say to Charles, our faithful friend, on our behalf, that we would speak with him in secret touching an affair in which we are equally interested, and that he need feel no alarm at our hostile bearing, for we have assumed it designedly, and for a certain purpose which we will explain to him at length in our interview. We know that he is confined to his bed by the gout, and we are not surprised at his failure to come out to meet us. Be pleased, therefore, to salute him, and reassure him on our behalf, and say to him that we ask leave to enter upon his domain, if such be his pleasure, attended only by Signor Nicolas Acciajuoli, our trusty adviser, and ten of our soldiers, to converse with him upon weighty subjects which we cannot entrust to others. Such frank and friendly explanations at once overcame the old count''s distrust, and he sent his son Bertrand to meet the empress, and to... Alexandre Dumas, Books, History, Celebrated Crimes (volume 1) Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 0217456375

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ISBN: 9780217456371

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