Prince Eugene and His Times
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Chapter 1 THE COUNTESS OF SOISSONS.
Chapter 2 THE LABORATORY.
Chapter 3 PRINCE EUGENE.
Chapter 4 THE RIOT.
Chapter 5 BARBESIEUR LOUVOIS.
Chapter 6 THE STATE RECEPTION.
Chapter 7 HELP IN TIME OF NEED.
Chapter 8 THE FLIGHT.
Chapter 9 MARIANNA MANCINI.
Chapter 10 THE TRIAL.
Chapter 11 A SKIRMISH.
Chapter 12 LOUVOIS' DAUGHTER.
Chapter 13 THE COURT-BALL.
Chapter 14 THE LADY OF THE BEDCHAMBER.
Chapter 15 THE LADY OF THE BEDCHAMBER. No.15
Chapter 16 FIRST LOVE.
Chapter 17 THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Chapter 18 THE FOES.
Chapter 19 THE REPULSE.
Chapter 20 THE FAREWELL.
Chapter 21 A PAGE FROM HISTORY.
Chapter 22 THE EMPEROR LEOPOLD I.
Chapter 23 THE COUNCIL OF WAR.
Chapter 24 THE PLAINS OF KITSEE.
Chapter 25 THE BAPTISM OF BLOOD.
Chapter 26 VIENNA.
Chapter 27 THE FALL OF BUDA.
Chapter 28 THE FRIENDS.
Chapter 29 THE MARQUIS STROZZI.
Chapter 30 LAURA.
Chapter 31 THE REGATTA.
Chapter 32 THE NEGOTIATOR.
Chapter 33 THE LOVERS REUNITED.
Chapter 34 ANTONIO'S EXPIATION.
Chapter 35 A TWOFOLD VICTORY
Chapter 36 THE DUMB MUSIC.
Chapter 37 THE RETIREMENT OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Chapter 38 THE FALL OF BELGRADE.
Chapter 39 THE MARCHIONESS.
Chapter 40 THE FLIGHT. No.40
Chapter 41 SISTER ANGELICA.
Chapter 42 LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH.
Chapter 43 THE KING AND THE PETITIONERS.
Chapter 44 THE WINDOW THAT WAS TOO LARGE.
Chapter 45 THE IMPERIAL DIET AT REGENSBURG.
Chapter 46 THE JUDITH OF ESSLINGEN.
Chapter 47 THE ISLAND OF BLISS.
Chapter 48 THE FRENCH IN SPEIER.
Chapter 49 THE TREASURE.
Chapter 50 CASPAR'S VENGEANCE.
Chapter 51 THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS.
Chapter 52 THE DELIVERANCE OF TRIER.
Chapter 53 THE FIRE-TONGS.
Chapter 54 THE ADVANCE INTO FRANCE.
Chapter 55 THE RAVENS.
Chapter 56 SICK AND WELL.
Chapter 57 THE DUKE'S DANGEROUS ILLNESS.
Chapter 58 THE MARQUIS STROZZI. No.58
Chapter 59 INSANITY AND REVENGE.
Chapter 60 THE AMBROSIA.
Chapter 61 THE BETROTHAL.
Chapter 62 VENGEANCE.
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Chapter 13 THE COURT-BALL.

The magnificent halls of the Louvre were open to receive the guests of his majesty Louis XIV. Balls were "few and far between" at the French court, and the festivities of the evening were significant, as betokening triumph to De Montespan and mortification to De Maintenon.

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