Author: THÉOPHILE LAVALLÉE
Title: Madame de Maintenon et la Maison Royale de Saint-Cyr (1686-1793)
Description: Deuxième édition revue et augmentée, Paris Plon 1862, VI + 480 pages. One of the most famous education institutions ever, first founded and then lovingly ruled by the mistress, first, and legitimate wife, then, of Louis XIV. When the institute was effectively closed by the French revolutionaries, young artillery captain Napoléon de uonaparte ecided to go and get his sister, who was an élève at Saint-Cyr, but he was stopped at the gate and informed that he would get nothing without the proper documents, which he obediently went to collect. Text and facsimile of Napoléon’s official request. New half-leather binding (code B-313)

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