448/1552 In this she had the full support of most French Catholics. One of her methods was characteristic of her and of the time. She selected "a flying squadron" of twenty-four beautiful maids of honor of high rank and low principles to help her seduce the refractory nobles on both sides. In many cases she was successful. Conde, in love with one--or possibly with several--of these sirens, forgot everything else, his wife, his party, his religion. |