Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... letter xl reply from her friend Monsieur Graverol--Marechal de Fabert--Monsieur Costar--A strange story found in a manuscript--Lowly birth of the Marechal--The cordon-bleu--The Devil again--The mysterious light--A nocturnal visitor--The inquisitive valet--A strange interviewHorror!--Strangled!--What he saw on the bed--The two mandrakes--Witchcraft--A diabolical league--No proofs--The Devil and his bargains--Genii--Familiar spirits--Mademoiselle de Saint Martin--Professional gambling--A terrible adventure--Madame de Chaulieu--Murder!--The Comtesse de Murat--Queen Marguerite of Navarre--Queen Catherine di Medici--Her sorceries--The Queen and her gardener--The King and his gardener--The Bearnais tailor--Monsieur Perelongue--Meanness--Lagarigues--His expedition to Holland--Paul Sardan--Treachery--Sentenced--Reprieve--The Comte d'Avaux--Freedom--Madame Le Camus--The Princesse d'Epinay--The King's portrait--A spiteful lady. Paris. Madame, --The incidents you related to me in your last letter were very strange. The vision of Monsieur Graverol was most extraordinary, and to cap that story, I must tell you one, madame, which is rather like it; it is the story of the late Marechal de Fabert,1 which I happened to learn by chance a few days ago. 1 "The Marechal Abraham de Faber, or Fabert, a French military officer, born 1599, was a native of Metz, and entered the army when vol ii. 37 Monsieur Costar,1 whose name is probably known to you, brought me one day a manuscript which he begged me to show to a person of my acquaintance at Versailles, and to try through his means to make some money by it. This manuscript was The Memoirs of Monsieur de Fabert, written by himself. Formerly such a work as that would have been purchased at a high price; but..."
