
POLITICAL WOMEN.
POLITICAL WOMEN.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
BOOK V. (Continued.)
POLITICAL WOMEN.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
BOOK VI.
CHAPTER I.
Set against the fractious backdrop of mid‑17th‑century France, the narrative follows a cluster of aristocratic women whose personal ambitions and passionate entanglements become inseparable from the politics of war. Their salons and secret passages pulse with intrigue, as rival princes and commanders vie not only for battlefield supremacy but for the favor of those who can sway alliances. The author paints a vivid picture of how love, vanity and strategic marriages intersect with the very survival of noble factions.
Through the eyes of figures like the determined Duchess de Châtillon, the clever abbot Cambiac, and the charismatic yet impulsive Condé, listeners glimpse a world where whispered promises and daring rescues can alter the balance of power. Rivalries among men often erupt into duels, only to be halted by the women who intervene, steering the outcome toward diplomatic settlement. The early chapters reveal how these “political women” shape the fortunes of princes, turning personal desire into a subtle, yet potent, form of statecraft.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (544K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Emanuela Piasentini and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-12-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A busy 19th-century British writer and journalist, this author ranged widely across history, biography, and fiction. Readers still remember the name especially for Hugues, the Wer-Wolf (1838), an early werewolf tale with lasting genre appeal.
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