CHAPTER XLVI

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VERSAILLES.

Derivation of the Name--Saint-Simon’s Description--Louis XIV.--The Grand Fête of July, 1668--Peter the Great and the Regent--Louis XV.--Marie Antoinette and the “Affair of the Necklace”--The Events of October, 1789.....338

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VERSAILLES AND THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

The Advance on Paris--Preparations for the Siege--General Trochu--The Francs-Tireurs--The Siege.....348

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