Produced by Ross Wilburn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Edition d'Elite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS _Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc._ IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume VI French J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON _CONTENTS_ PAGE THE HUNS AT ORLEANS 7 THE WOOING OF CLOTILDE 18 THE RIVAL QUEENS 29 ROLAND AT RONCESVALLES 40 CHARLEMAGNE AND THE AVARS 47 THE CROWNING OF CHARLEMAGNE 58 PETER THE HERMIT 69 THE COMMUNE OF LAON 81 HOW BIG FERRE FOUGHT FOR FRANCE 94 BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN 103 JOAN OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS 116 THE CAREER OF A KNIGHT-ERRANT 133 LOUIS THE POLITIC AND CHARLES THE BOLD 147 CHARLES THE BOLD AND THE SWISS 158 BAYARD, THE GOOD KNIGHT 166 EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A TRAITOR 176 ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY 188 KING HENRY OF NAVARRE 197 THE MURDER OF A KING 210 RICHELIEU AND THE CONSPIRATORS 218 THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS 233 A MARTYR TO HIS PROFESSION 251 THE MAN WITH THE IRON MASK 257 VOLTAIRE'S LAST VISIT TO PARIS 264 THE DIAMOND NECKLACE 271 THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE 281 THE STORY OF THE SAINTE AMPOULE 287 THE FLIGHT OF THE KING 298 THE END OF THE TERROR 306 THE BURNING OF MOSCOW 316 NAPOLEON'S RETURN FROM ELBA 327 THE PRUSSIAN WAR AND THE PARIS COMMUNE 337 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FRENCH.