bourbon-chalens

Updated: May 24, 2025

Men with names belonging to the proudest French nobility the De Lusignans, De Clissons, De Lumleys, De Bourbon-Chalens, etc., are chartering vessels, arriving in Rome by scores and hundreds, and hence hurrying to the front to take their places as privates in the Zouaves. That, however, does not describe the most important sphere of their activity which was the ante-chamber, nay, the boudoir of St Cloud.

Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco - The Liberation of Italy