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The Story of Old France

by H. A. GUERBER (1859 - 1929)

The Siege of Calais

The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additional illuminating detail as limited space permits. Besides outlines of the principal events, this narrative includes many biographical sketches, together with the anecdotes and sayings to which allusions are often made in literature, politics, and arts. It also gives such data in regard to places, public buildings, and works of art as the well informed like to have at their fingers' ends. (from the Preface)

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Listen next episodes of The Story of Old France:
A Young King and Queen , Achievements of Francis I. , Achievements of Louis XI. , An Effeminate King , Beginning of Louis XI.'s Reign , Catherine's Regency , Charles VI. , Charles VIII. , Charles's Successes , Conversion of Henry IV. , Death of Charles IX. , Death of Henry IV. , Death of Louis XII. , Death of Mazarin , End of Louis XIII.'s Reign , Francis I. , Henry IV.'s Second Marriage , Joan to the Rescue , Joan's Captivity and Martyrdom , Later Wars of Louis XIV. , Louis XIV.'s Personal Campaigns , Madame de Maintenon , Misrule in France , Orleans and Rheims , Richelieu and Louis XIII. , Rivalry of Kings , Second Italian War , Seven Years of Misery (1356-1363) , Th Brave Du Guesclin , The Achievements of Charles V. , The Age of Louis XIV. , The Battle of Coutras , The Battle of Poitiers , The Beginning of a Great Reign , The Crafty King Louis XI. , The Disgraceful Treaty , The End of Francis I.'s Reign , The Forced Wedding , The Iron Mask , The Massacre of the Hueguenots , The Minority of Louis XIII. , The Murder of the Guises , The Reign of Henry II. , The Rule of Favorites , The Spanish Succession , The Wars of the Fronde , Versailles , Winning a Crown