A German Pompadour - Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, - Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A German Pompadour, by Marie HayThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: A German PompadourBeing the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz,Landhofmeisterin of WirtembergAuthor: Marie HayRelease Date: June 11, 2008 [EBook #25758]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A GERMAN POMPADOUR ***Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net andthe Booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.netA GERMAN POMPADOUR WILHELMINE REICHSGRÄFIN VON GRÄVENITZ. WILHELMINE REICHSGRÄFIN VON GRÄVENITZ.From a Portrait in the collection of Frau Anna Remshardt at Heilbronn. A GERMAN POMPADOURBeing the Extraordinary History ofWILHELMINE VON GRÄVENITZLANDHOFMEISTERIN OF WIRTEMBERGA NARRATIVE OFTHE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYBYMARIE HAYAUTHOR OF 'DIANNE DE POYTIERS' AND'AN UNREQUITED LOYALTY'Decoration SECOND IMPRESSION NEW YORKCHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS1906Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty THISBOOK OF MEMORIESIS DEDICATEDTOA MEMORY PREFACE'The Past that is not overpast,But present here.'In a dusty, time-soiled packet of legal papers which had lain untouched for nigh upon two hundred years, theextraordinary ...