 | Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 346 páginas
...amusements, would not be more agreeable to her. She answered — No. We would not destroy, with words of ours, the effect of an anecdote which we look upon...years to demolish the " fille d'un an" of Richard Coeur-de-Lion. The work of destruction was commenced by Henri Quatre in 1603, from the dread that it... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1857 - 660 páginas
...it received within its walls, from time to time, many of the most illustrious persons of the age. At the beginning of the seventeenth century the Chateau...years to demolish the " fille d'un an" of Richard Cceur de Lion. The work of destruction was commenced by Henri Quatre, in 1603, from the dread that... | |
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century the Chateau Gaillard was still entire, and was then considered the most complete, as well as the most magnificent specimen of military architecture in Europe. When at length the fiat for its destruction had... 