Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Emanuela Piasentini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +------------------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note. | | | |The original punctuation, language and spelling have been | |retained, except where noted at the end of the text. | |Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.| | | |The [oe] ligature has been rendered as oe. | | | |Alternative spellings: | |chateau: chateau | |camerara: camarera | |Fenelon: Fenelon | |Ferte-Senneterre: Ferte-Senneterre | |Hotel: Hotel | |Leganez: Leganez | |Orleans: Orleans | |Querouialle: Querouialle | |Saint-Megrin: Saint-Megrin | |Sevigne: Sevigne, Sevigne | |Tremouille: Tremouille | |Tarent: Tarente | +------------------------------------------------------------+ POLITICAL WOMEN. BY SUTHERLAND MENZIES, AUTHOR OF "ROYAL FAVOURITES," ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. HENRY S. KING & CO., 65, CORNHILL, AND 12, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1873. [_All rights reserved._] CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. BOOK V.--_continued._ PAGE CHAP. III.--The struggle between Conde and Turenne--Noble conduct of Mademoiselle de Montpensier--Fall of the Fronde 3 IV.--The Duke de Nemours slain in a duel by his brother-in-law Beaufort 12 V.--Triumph of Mazarin 16 BOOK VI. CHAP. I.--Closing scenes--Madame de Longueville 35 II.--Madame de Chevreuse 49 III.--The Princess Palatine 54 IV.--Madame de Montbazon 61 V.--Mademoiselle de Montpensier 69