Excerpt from King of France and Navarre: #fl'" Such was the state of affairs which Henry knew to exist at the moment, when he received the an nouncement, that he had so suddenly become King of France. The generous devotion, indeed, of a few loyal and high-minded men, tended greatly to encourage him in the commencement of his career but apprehension and perplexity must have been the first emotions by which he was affected on entering the Hotel de Gondi and learning that Henry III. Was dead. He found still greater ...
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Excerpt from King of France and Navarre: #fl'" Such was the state of affairs which Henry knew to exist at the moment, when he received the an nouncement, that he had so suddenly become King of France. The generous devotion, indeed, of a few loyal and high-minded men, tended greatly to encourage him in the commencement of his career but apprehension and perplexity must have been the first emotions by which he was affected on entering the Hotel de Gondi and learning that Henry III. Was dead. He found still greater alarm, how ever, reigning amongst the courtiers of the late King. Everything was confusion and disarray, and his presence did not tend to produce harmony and order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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