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1610-28 | Louis XIII.—Richelieu—Capture of La Rochelle, etc. | "Le Comte de Moret," "La Colombe," "Les Trois Mousquetaires." (See also "Les Grand Hommes en Robe-de-Chambre.") |
1643-60 | Louis XIV.—Mazarin—The war of the Fronde—Colbert and Fouquet—The king's loves (De la Vallière and de
Montespan)—The Man in the Iron Mask, etc. |
"La Guerre des Femmes" (1650) and "Vingt ans Après" (the Fronde); "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne" (1660); "La
Jeunesse de Louis XIV." (comedy); "Louis XIV. et son Siècle" (history). |
1708 | Old age of Louis—Marriage with Madame de Maintenon—Death of Louis XIV. | "Sylvandire" |
1717 | The Regency of the Duc D'Orleans. | "Chevalier d'Harmenthal" (Cellamare conspiracy) and "Une Fille du Régent." "La Régence" (history). |
1727-29 | The youth of Louis XV. | "Olympe de Cièves." |
1756 | The Seven Years' War—Canada won from France by the English (1760). | "Louis XV. et Sa Cour" (history). |
1770-74 | Last years of Louis XV.—Court intrigues, etc. | "Les Mémoires d'un Médecin." |
1774 | Death of Louis XV. | "Le Testament de M. Chauvelin." |
1774 | Louis XVI.—The affair of the queen's necklace (1784). | "Le Collier de la Reine." |
1789 | The Revolution, | "Ingénue," "Louis XVI. et la Révolution" (history). |
1789 | Taking of the Bastille. | "Ange Pitou" ("The Taking of the Bastille"). |