Reproduction of the original: The Book of the Illustrious Dames by Pierre de Bourdeille, Abbé De Brantome

Excerpt from The Book of the Ladies: Illustrious Dames Or Various Inwsrnxous Lmms: Pull Isabelle d'Autriche, wife of Charles IX; Jeanne dAutriche, wife of the Infante of Portugal; Marie dAutriche, wife of the King of Hungary; Louise de Lorraine, wife of Henri III; Marguerite de Lorraine, wife of the Due de Joyeuse; Christine of Denmark, wife of the Due de Lorraine; Marie dAut.riche, wife of the Emperor Maximilian II; Blanche de Montferrat, Dnchesse de Savoie; Catherine de Cleves, wife of Henri I. de Lorraine, Duc de Guise; Madame de Bourdeille; Appendix; Index 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.