Calendar of the Stuart Papers Belonging to His Majesty the King, Preserved at Windsor Castle, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Historical Manuscripts Commision
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-08-16
Total Pages: 666
ISBN-13: 9781333248031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Calendar of the Stuart Papers Belonging to His Majesty the King, Preserved at Windsor Castle, Vol. 2 On 7 March James left Paris for Commerci (p. Where he arrived on the 9th or loth (p. Before leaving he had an interview with Sparre, the Swedish Ambassador to France, in the Bois de Boulogne (pp. 226, 352, and also one with the Abbe de Thesut, the Regent's private secretary, through whom he communicated to the Regent the details of his expedition to Scotland (p. He had hoped to resume his residence in Lorraine, but, as the Duke refused to permit him to do so, he left Commerci on the 14th for some place near Chalons sur Marne (pp. 15, The Duke had suggested he should go to Deux Ponts, which belonged to the King of Sweden, but this proved impracticable for the reasons mentioned on pp. 15, 19-22. It was also suggested that he should go to the King of Sweden or to Switzerland, but to both these plans there appeared to be insurmountable objections (pp. 20 and the only place left was Avignon. The Queen and the Dukes of Ormonde and Mar were all of opinion he should immediately go there privately (pp. 19, He was at Lyons on 29 March (p. And reached Avignon about 1 April, where he was joined by the Dukes of Ormonde and Mar and some others of his adherents. Charles Leslie arrived there later, and was allowed to read prayers in James' house to such of them as were Protestants, but in a private manner (p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.