Villegagnon A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution
‹
›
- Browse Category
We Begin at the EndLearn More - Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
By William Henry Giles Kingston
5 May, 2020
The question was put by a beautiful girl scarcely yet verging on womanhood to a fine intelligent youth, two or three years her senior, as they paced slowly on together through the gardens of the Louvre on the banks of the Seine, flowing at that perio
... Read more
The question was put by a beautiful girl scarcely yet verging on womanhood to a fine intelligent youth, two or three years her senior, as they paced slowly on together through the gardens of the Louvre on the banks of the Seine, flowing at that period bright and clear amid fields and groves. Before them rose the stately palace lately increased and adorned by Henry the Second, the then reigning monarch of France, with its lofty towers, richly carved columns, and numerous rows of windows commanding a view over the city on one side, and across green fields and extensive forests, and far up and down the river on the other. The walk along which the young people were proceeding was shaded by tall trees, the thick boughs of which kept off the rays of the sun, shining brightly on the gay flowers and glittering fountains, seen in the open space beyond them. The young girl had the air and manner of a grown-up person, with that perfect self-possession which seems natural to those brought up in the atmosphere of a court. Less
- File size
- Print pages
- Publisher
- Language
- ISBN
- 624.752 KB
- 90
- Public Domain Book
- English
- 978-1514759998
Author
Related Books
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life:
The Walrus Hunters:
The Land of the Long Night:
Dave Dawson at Casablanca:
Just David:
Sara Crewe Or What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School:
My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life:
March Anson and Scoot Bailey of the U.S. Navy:
Follow My Leader: The Boys of Templeton:
Walter and the Wireless:
Carl and the Cotton Gin:
Dear Enemy:
.jpg){kind=logo}
The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale:
Mike:
Boycotted, and Other Stories:
Sentimental Tommy:
The Rover Boys in the Jungle; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa:
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:
Steve and the Steam Engine:
The Dog Crusoe and His Master:
Mr. Justice Raffles:
Christmas With Grandma Elsie:
The Madman and the Pirate:
The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition:
The Powder Monkey:
Join us and get access to all your favourite books
It’s free
