MEMOIRS
OF THE
Princesse de Ligne
EDITED BY
LUCIEN PEREY
TRANSLATED BY LAURA ENSOR
IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. I.
[Illustration]
LONDON
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
1887
_Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, _Edinburgh_
CONTENTS
PART THE FIRST
INTRODUCTION ix
CHAPTER I
Ignace Massalski, Prince and Bishop of Wilna--The Radziwill and
the Massalski--The feudal lords in Poland--Civil wars in
Poland--The Bishop in exile--His arrival in Paris with his
niece--Letters from Madame Geoffrin--Answer of the King
Stanislaus-Augustus--The Abbaye-aux-Bois Page 1