Excerpt from The Duchess of Berry: And the Revolution of 1830 According to an ancient usage, a deputation from the towns of Pontoise and Beauvais were admitted to present a sheep to the sovereign. The court jewel lers displayed to him the trinkets and articles of silver plate offered as gifts to the Dauphiness, the Duchess of Berry, the Duke of Bordeaux, and Mademoiselle. M. Giroux offered him various New Year's presents from the Children of France. The gardeners of the royal gardens presented the fruits of their industry, ...
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Excerpt from The Duchess of Berry: And the Revolution of 1830 According to an ancient usage, a deputation from the towns of Pontoise and Beauvais were admitted to present a sheep to the sovereign. The court jewel lers displayed to him the trinkets and articles of silver plate offered as gifts to the Dauphiness, the Duchess of Berry, the Duke of Bordeaux, and Mademoiselle. M. Giroux offered him various New Year's presents from the Children of France. The gardeners of the royal gardens presented the fruits of their industry, and the chief huntsmen the products of the chase. On January 5, there was a family dinner at the Tuileries. The Twelfth-night cake was cut, and the bean fell to the Duke of Bordeaux. Who was chosen as queen by the little Prince? Madame the Duchess of Orleans. He did not suspect that she would be queen in reality before the year was out. 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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