List of Illustrations
ix
Author's Note xiii
Chronological Political Summary xvii
Genealogy xxiv
Principal Characters xxix
Spring
Gift from Heaven
3(17)
Vigour of the Princess
20(20)
Peace and the Infanta
40(21)
Our Court's Laughing Face
61(21)
Sweet Violence
82(21)
Summer
The Rise of Another
103(19)
Marriages Like Death
122(20)
A Singular Position
142(19)
Throwing Off a Passion
161(18)
Madame Now
179(22)
Autumn
The icing's Need
201(22)
Grandeurs of the World
223(21)
Becoming a Child Again
244(21)
Winter
Gaiety Begins to Go
265(24)
We Must Submit
289(18)
Going on a Journey
307(14)
Never Forget
321(12)
Notes 333(12)
Sources 345(12)
Index 357