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Gearey, Caroline. Two French Queens, and Other Sketches. London: Digby & Long, 1896.

Gearey is "Author of 'Three Empresses,' 'In Other Lands,' 'Daughters of Italy,' 'French Heroines,' Etc." on title page. "With Portraits" also stated on title page, but apparently only "Madame Royale" facing page 255, that is, Marie-Therese, Duchess of Angouleme, and the frontispiece of Marguerite of Valois with Latin inscription. No sign that plates have been cut out. Dedication: "To/ My Beloved Friends/Mr. and Mrs. C. de Bels Brounie/This Book/ (Written Partly Within the Walls of Their Beautiful/ Home)/ Is Affectionately Dedicated" (small caps apart from "To" in gothic style). Concludes, after 341 pages, with notices of Gearey's works followed by 16-pp. advertisement of Digby, Long publications dated 1896. Each chapter begins with an "Index" that summarizes the biography in short "header" style, e.g. "Marguerite six years old at her father's death" (n.p.), often naming people or places appearing in the life. Appears to have been acquired by Harvard College 8 February 1899; its record of borrowing includes dates from 1908 through 1957. Pages brown, half-calf Harvard University Library binding rough at edges and permanently somewhat ajar. Interlibrary loan restricted to reading in library.

TOC: Elizabeth of Valois and Marguerite of Valois; Laura Mancini, Duchess of Mercoeur; Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soisson; Marie Mancini, Princess of Colonna; Hortense Mancini, Mazarin; Marie-Anne Mancini, Duchess of Bouillon; Charlotte Corday; Adrienne de Lafayette; Marie-Therese, Duchess of Angouleme.

Chapter titles: Two Queens: Elizabeth of Valois (1545-1568) Marguerite of Valois (1553-1615); A Cardinal's Nieces (1635-1714); "L'Ange de l'Assassinat" (1768-1793); The Heroine of Olmutz (1759-1807); A Sorrowful Daughter (1778-1851).

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