The King's Esquires George Manville Fenn Author
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by George Manville Fenn
                                                                
                                    2021-04-11 21:00:03
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    The King's Esquires George Manville Fenn Author
                                            
                                                            by George Manville Fenn
                                                        
                                2021-04-11 21:00:03
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                His Most Christian Majesty King Francis the First had a great preference for his Palace of Fontainebleau among the many places of residence from which he could choose, and it is interesting to glance into that magnificent palace on a certain afternoo...
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                                                His Most Christian Majesty King Francis the First had a great preference for his Palace of Fontainebleau among the many places of residence from which he could choose, and it is interesting to glance into that magnificent palace on a certain afternoon in the year 151-. In a special apartment, from which direct access could be obtained to the guard chamber, where a detachment of the favourite musketeers of the King of France was on duty, and which also communicated with the monarch's private apartments, a youth, nearly a man but not quite was impatiently striding up and down.
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