I. The Beginning of Trouble--Paris and the Parisians in 1648--II. The Parliamentary Fronde--Mademoiselle Would Be Queen of France--III. The Fronde of the Princes and the Union of the Frondes--Projects for an Alliance with Condé--IV. La Grande Mademoiselle's Heroic Period--The Capture of Orleans--The Combat in the Faubourg Saint Antoine--The End of the Fronde--Exile 328-436 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE _Frontispiece_ From a steel engraving. MARIE DE MÉDICIS 6 From a steel engraving. THE CHÂTEAU OF VERSAILLES FROM THE TERRACE 8 After the painting by J. Rigaud. THE TUILERIES FROM THE SEINE IN THE 16TH CENTURY 22 From a contemporary print. MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ 54 From an engraving of the painting by Muntz. CARDINAL RICHELIEU 84 THE ABBEY OF ST. GERMAIN DES-PRES IN THE 16TH CENTURY 110 From an old print. LOUIS XIII., KING OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE 152 From an old print. CORNEILLE 168 From an engraving of the painting by Lebrun. RACINE 182 From a steel engraving. THE HÔTEL DE RICHELIEU IN THE 17TH CENTURY 204 From a contemporary print. A GAME OF CHANCE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 210 From an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc. MARQUIS DE CINQ-MARS 212 ANNE OF AUSTRIA 242 VIEW OF THE LOUVRE FROM THE SEINE IN THE 17TH CENTURY 254 From an old print. HENRIETTE, DUCHESSE D'ORLÉANS 258 From a steel engraving. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 292 From a steel engraving. DUCHESSE DE CHEVREUSE 300 CARDINAL MAZARIN 320 MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER 324 From a steel engraving. THE TOWER OF NESLE 342 From a contemporary print. CARDINAL DE RETZ 344 MADAME DE LA VALLIÈRE 366 From a steel engraving. VICOMTE DE TURENNE 398 VIEW OF THE LUXEMBOURG (LATER CALLED THE PALAIS D'ORLÉANS) IN THE 17TH CENTURY 410 From an old print.