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Love Affairs of the Courts of Europe

Name: Love Affairs of the Courts of Europe
Author: Thornton Hall

Thornton Hall

Read by Cassie Christian, Colleen McMahon, Simona Rusu, Jennifer Fournier, Vittoria Conn, TJ Burns, Casey E. Kinnard, BettyB, Lisa Reichert, Kalynda and Jason in Panama · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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A Comedy Queen (16:39)
The 'Bonnie Prince's' Bride (14:38)
The Peasant and the Empress (16:57)
A Crown that Failed (15:21)
A Queen of Hearts (14:33)
The Regent's Daughter (17:31)
A Princess of Mystery (24:07)
The King and the 'Little Dove' (18:19)
The Romance of the Beautiful Swede (16:18)
The Sister of an Emperor (18:09)
A Siren of the Eighteenth Century (23:44)
The Corsican and the Creole (19:30)
The Enslaver of a King (20:36)
An Empress and her Favourites (18:22)
A Seventeenth-Century Cinderella (21:14)
Bianca, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (18:15)
Richelieu, the Roué (16:12)
The Indiscretions of a Princess (20:57)
The Indiscretions of a Princess - continued (20:05)
The Love-Affairs of a Regent (17:15)
A Delilah of the Court of France (19:20)
The 'Sun-King' and the Widow (17:29)
A Throned Barbarian (20:20)
A Friend of Marie Antoinette (16:16)
The Rival Sisters (19:28)
The Rival Sisters - continued (21:15)
A Mistress of Intrigue (19:40)
An Ill-Fated Marriage (22:23)
An Ill-Fated Marriage - continued (20:52)