. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Berry and George Sands Country 325. L*.CfLnrior Dofe , Le Carrior Dore, Romorantin 326 Old Touraine and the Loire Country more so because these magnificent relics ofother days are unspoiled and unrestored. Charles VII. was by no means constant inhis devotions, it will be recalled, though heseems to have been seriously enamoured ofAgnes Sorel — at any rate while she he speedily surrounded himself witha galaxy of belles demoiselles vetues commereines. They followed him everywhere, andhe spent all but his last sou upon
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Berry and George Sands Country 325. L*.CfLnrior Dofe , Le Carrior Dore, Romorantin 326 Old Touraine and the Loire Country more so because these magnificent relics ofother days are unspoiled and unrestored. Charles VII. was by no means constant inhis devotions, it will be recalled, though heseems to have been seriously enamoured ofAgnes Sorel — at any rate while she he speedily surrounded himself witha galaxy of belles demoiselles vetues commereines. They followed him everywhere, andhe spent all but his last sou upon them, as didsome of his successors. One day Charles VII. took refuge in thestrong towers of the chateau of Mehun-sur-Yevre, which he himself had built and whichhe had frequently made his residence. Herehe died miserable and alone, — it is said byhistory, of hunger. Thus another dark chapterin the history of kings and queens was broughtto a close. If one has the time and so desires, he mayfollow the Indre, the next confluent of the Loiresouth of the Cher, from Loches to GeorgeSands country
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