Rupert, Prince Palatine

About this eBook

Author

Scott, Eva

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682

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Text

eBook-No.

39426

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39426

Release Date

April 11, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RUPERT PRINCE PALATINE — PREFACE — CONTENTS
2. 2.RUPERT, PRINCE PALATINE — CHAPTER I — THE PALATINE FAMILY — CHAPTER II — RUPERT'S EARLY CAMPAIGNS. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND. MADEMOISELLE DE ROHAN — CHAPTER III — THE SIEGE OF BREDA. THE ATTEMPT ON THE PALATINATE. RUPERT'S CAPTIVITY — CHAPTER IV — THE PALATINES IN FRANCE. RUPERT'S RELEASE — CHAPTER V — ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. POSITION IN THE ARMY. CAUSES OF FAILURE — CHAPTER VI — THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. POWICK BRIDGE. EDGEHILL. THE MARCH TO LONDON — CHAPTER VII — THE WAR IN 1643. THE QUARREL WITH HERTFORD. THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN — CHAPTER VIII — THE PRESIDENCY OF WALES. THE RELIEF OF NEWARK. QUARRELS AT COURT. NORTHERN MARCH. MARSTON MOOR — CHAPTER IX — INTRIGUES IN THE ARMY. DEPRESSION OF RUPERT. TREATY OF UXBRIDGE. RUPERT IN THE MARCHES. STRUGGLE WITH DIGBY. BATTLE OF NASEBY — CHAPTER X — RUPERT'S PEACE POLICY. THE SURRENDER OF BRISTOL. DIGBY'S PLOT AGAINST RUPERT. THE SCENE AT NEWARK. RECONCILIATION WITH THE KING. THE FALL OF OXFORD — CHAPTER XI — THE ELECTOR'S ALLIANCE WITH THE PARLIAMENT. EDWARD'S MARRIAGE. ASSASSINATION OF D'EPINAY BY PHILIP — CHAPTER XII — COMMAND IN THE FRENCH ARMY. COURTSHIP OF MADEMOISELLE. DUELS WITH DIGBY AND PERCY — CHAPTER XIII — RUPERT'S CARE OF THE FLEET. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SCOTS. RUPERT'S VOYAGE TO IRELAND. THE EXECUTION OF THE KING. LETTERS OF SOPHIE TO RUPERT AND MAURICE — CHAPTER XIV — THE FLEET IN THE TAGUS. AT TOULON. THE VOYAGE TO THE AZORES. THE WRECK OF THE "CONSTANT REFORMATION." ON THE AFRICAN COAST. LOSS OF MAURICE IN THE "DEFIANCE." THE RETURN TO FRANCE — CHAPTER XV — RUPERT AT PARIS. ILLNESS. QUARREL WITH CHARLES II. FACTIONS AT ST. GERMAINS. RUPERT GOES TO GERMANY. RECONCILED WITH CHARLES — CHAPTER XVI — RESTORATION OF CHARLES LOUIS TO THE PALATINATE. FLIGHT OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE FROM THE HAGUE. RUPERT'S DEMAND FOR AN APPANAGE. QUARREL WITH THE ELECTOR — CHAPTER XVII — RUPERT'S RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1660. VISIT TO VIENNA. LETTERS TO LEGGE — CHAPTER XVIII — RUPERT AND THE FLEET. PROPOSED VOYAGE TO GUINEA. ILLNESS OF RUPERT. THE FIRST DUTCH WAR. THE NAVAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE PRINCE. SECOND DUTCH WAR. ANTI-FRENCH POLITICS — CHAPTER XIX — RUPERT'S POSITION AT COURT. HIS CARE FOR DISTRESSED CAVALIERS. HIS INVENTIONS. LIFE AT WINDSOR. DEATH — CHAPTER XX — THE PALATINES ON THE CONTINENT. RUPERT'S DISPUTES WITH THE ELECTOR. THE ELECTOR'S ANXIETY FOR RUPERT'S RETURN. WANT OF AN HEIR TO THE PALATINATE. FRANCISCA BARD. RUPERT'S CHILDREN — INDEX

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