Download or read book Recollections of a Minister to France, 1869-1877, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by E. B. Washburne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Recollections of a Minister to France, 1869-1877, Vol. 1 Paris, then the most attractive city in the world, was bright and beautiful, as it always is in that vernal season of the year. The Emperor, residing at the Tuileries, was in the midst of a brilliant court, and was sur rounded with glittering splendor. Princes and. Dukes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.