In Kings' Byways

It was about a month after my marriage-and third clerk to the most noble the Bishop of Beauvais, and even admitted on occasions to write in his presence and prepare his minutes, who should marry if I might not?-it was about a month after my marriage, I say, that the thunderbolt, to which I have referred, fell and shattered my fortunes. I rose one morning-they were firing guns for the victory of Rocroy, I remember, so that it must have been eight weeks or more after the death of the late king, and the glorious rising of the Sun of France-and who as happy as I?

• • Author: Stanley John Weyman
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Feb 17, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 124 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1523729856
• • ISBN-13: 9781523729852