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On the edge of a grand plain, almost in the centre of France, rises a rich and beautiful city, time-honored and famous, for it stood there before France had begun and while Rome still spread its wide wings over this whole region, and it has been the scene of some of the most notable events in French history. The Gauls, one of whose cities it was, named it Genabum. The Romans renamed it Aurelian, probably from their Emperor Aurelian. Time and the evolution of the French language wore this name down to Orleans, by which the city has for many centuries been known. The broad Loire,. | Tales Vol. 6 of 15 by Charles Morris 1 Tales Vol. 6 of 15 by Charles Morris Project Gutenberg s Historical Tales Vol. 6 of 15 by Charles Morris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Historical Tales Vol. 6 of 15 The Romance of Reality. French. Author Charles Morris Release Date December 8 2006 EBook 20055 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES VOL. 6 OF 15 Produced by Ross Wilburn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Edition d Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By Tales Vol. 6 of 15 by Charles Morris 2 CHARLES MORRIS Author of Half-Hours with the Best American Authors Tales from the Dramatists etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume VI French J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON CONTENTS PAGE THE HUNS AT ORLEANS 7 THE WOOING OF CLOTILDE 18 THE RIVAL QUEENS 29 ROLAND AT RONCESVALLES 40 CHARLEMAGNE AND THE AVARS 47 THE CROWNING OF CHARLEMAGNE 58 PETER THE HERMIT 69 THE COMMUNE OF LAON 81 HOW BIG FERRÉ FOUGHT FOR FRANCE 94 BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN 103 JOAN OF ARC THE MAID OF ORLEANS 116 THE CAREER OF A KNIGHT-ERRANT 133 LOUIS THE POLITIC AND CHARLES THE BOLD 147 CHARLES THE BOLD AND THE SWISS 158 BAYARD THE GOOD KNIGHT 166 EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A TRAITOR 176 ST. BARTHOLOMEW S DAY 188 Tales Vol. 6 of 15 by Charles Morris KING HENRY OF NAVARRE 197 3 THE MURDER OF A KING 210 RICHELIEU AND THE CONSPIRATORS 218 THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS 233 A MARTYR TO HIS PROFESSION 251 THE MAN WITH THE IRON MASK 257 VOLTAIRE S LAST VISIT TO PARIS 264 THE DIAMOND NECKLACE 271 THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE 281 THE STORY OF THE SAINTE AMPOULE 287 THE FLIGHT OF THE KING 298 THE END OF THE TERROR 306 THE BURNING OF MOSCOW 316 NAPOLEON S RETURN FROM ELBA 327 THE PRUSSIAN WAR AND THE