Excerpt from Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 2 of 2: Being Stories Taken From the History of France<br><br>Ry - Marriage and Death of Louis Hutin - Accession of Philip the Long, lg virtue of the Salic Law, which ex cluded his Niece, e Princess Joan, daughter of Louis Hutin - Massacre of Jews and Lepers, in consequence of a suspicion that they had caused an Epidemic Dis ease throughout France, by poisoning the Wells Death of Philip, and Accession of his brother, Charles the Fair - Charles summons Edward II. To do Homage for his French Possessions - Investiture granted to the Prince of Wales, instead of his Father - Intrigues of Edward's Queen, Isabel, at the French Court - Death of Charles the Fair, with whom became extinct the De scendants in the First Line of Hugh Capet, 28.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.