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After the death of Charles IX. she again became regent for a short time till the return of Henry III. Never did Italian craftiness and cruelty wield such influence in France. At last, however, the people grew weary of the rule of the foreigner, and Catherine's later years were marked by the loss of all political power.
The novel is a souvenir of the author's sojourn in the home of the real Tartarin and of the trip which the two made together , the whole being greatly modified by the play of the novelist's Provençal imagination. To appreciate "Tartarin de Tarascon" is not easy for a foreigner; and by foreigners is meant all those who have not lived in and do not know Provence.
60 16 toute: 'entirely. 60 chapter heading Sidi: among the Mohammedans a title of respect, when addressed to a foreigner, about equivalent to Mr ben: Arabic, 'son of' 'Tartarin son of Tartarin. 60 24
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