Excerpt from Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 of 2 Girlhood of La Valliere; her Advent at Court - The court-ballet Louis XIV. In a Greek Tunic - The Confidence in the Forest Suavity of the King - Jealousy of the Count de Guiche - The Storm in the Park - The Double Secretary - The Lottery of the Queen Mother - The Bracelets - Rivalry of Fouquet - The twenty thousand Pistoles - Indignation of La Valliere - Cabal against Fouquet; his. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.