Queen Jeanne of Navarre (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Queen Jeanne of NavarreJeanne, there never was a braver rebel. But her fight was all in vain. She would die before taking a step towards the altar. As if that mattered! To her apartments stalked the famed Montmorency, Constable of France, and taking in his arms a bundle of cloth-of-gold and shimmering jewels, gay raiment to veil a child's aching heart, he returned to the sanctuary and there, before King and nobles and simpering dames, set down the child-bride for the sacrifice.At this time Jeanne was only eleven years old. At an age when impressions are ineffaceable she had found herself deserted by all who should have sustained her. It was a lesson in self-reliance that cost an inestimable price. She had learned too soon to stand alone, and in doing so all the gentle weak ness, all the tender dependence of womanhood at its sweetest, seems to have been eliminated from her nature.Her marriage with Cleves was only a marriage in name. As soon as Cleves disappointed Francis, his Majesty applied to the Holy See for a decree of nullity, which after careful investigation could not be withheld.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.