The Queen's Poisoner; Or, France in the Sixteenth Century: a Romance, volume 1
The Queen's Poisoner; Or, France in the Sixteenth Century: a Romance, volume 1
Louisa Stuart Costello
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Nantouillet, the Pr^vot de Paris, was busily occupied in his hotel, on the Quai de la Vall6e ; he had just taken a survey of all the rooms, and walked with elated mien through the fine paint- ed galleries, where were represented the labours of Hercules, which circumstance had given its name to the house. These paintings were justly celebrated, and indeed it was difficult for art to be carried beyond the architectural orna- ments of exquisite grace which the whole man- sion displayed, and rare w...as it to find in Paris a finer collection of the works of the great masters, most of them acquired in the time of Francis I. Nantouillet, who had made a large fortune in trade, had bought the house as it stood, with all Digitized by VjOOQIC THE queen's poisoner. 225 its riches, for an immense sum, paid to the crown ; for the Hotel was one of those which had been confiscated, in consequence of the at- tainder of its original master, the unfortunate CJount de Montgomery, for whose marriage it had been fumbhed in so splendid a manner.
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