. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . APTER XIVFlorestan I and the Revolt of Mentone . . pp- 309-323 CHAPTER XVCharles III—The reigning Prince and Princess . pp. 327-341INDEX pp. 343-370 ILLUSTRATIONS CHARLOTTE DE GRAMONT MONACO : THE TOWN AND THE ROCK Photogravure Frontispiece OCTAVIUS THEODORIC THE GREAT CHARLES daNJOU, KING OF NAPLES RAINIER GRIMALDI JANE THE FIRST, QUEEN OF NAPLES BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD . PHILIP-MARY VISCONTI . CHARLES THE EIGHTH, KING OF FRANCE BEATRICE deSTE LOUIS THE TWELFTH, KING OF FRANCEFRANCIS THE FIRST, KING OF FRANCE .MARY TUDOR, AND THE DUKE OF
. The romance of Monaco and its rulers . APTER XIVFlorestan I and the Revolt of Mentone . . pp- 309-323 CHAPTER XVCharles III—The reigning Prince and Princess . pp. 327-341INDEX pp. 343-370 ILLUSTRATIONS CHARLOTTE DE GRAMONT MONACO : THE TOWN AND THE ROCK Photogravure Frontispiece OCTAVIUS THEODORIC THE GREAT CHARLES daNJOU, KING OF NAPLES RAINIER GRIMALDI JANE THE FIRST, QUEEN OF NAPLES BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD . PHILIP-MARY VISCONTI . CHARLES THE EIGHTH, KING OF FRANCE BEATRICE deSTE LOUIS THE TWELFTH, KING OF FRANCEFRANCIS THE FIRST, KING OF FRANCE .MARY TUDOR, AND THE DUKE OF SUFFOLKLOUISE OF SAVOY, DUCHESSE daNGOUlI;MECHARLES THE FIFTH, EMPEROR OF GERMANYLE DUC DE LAUZUNANTOINE DE GRAMONT .MADAME GEOFFRIN LOUIS-JOSEPH DE BOURBON, PRINCE DECHARLES ALBERT, KING OF SARDINIAMONACO : THE PRINCES PALACE .MONTE CARLO CASINO FROM THE SEAALBERT, PRINCE OF MONACOALICE, PRINCESS OF MONACO MONTE CARLO CASINO AND GARDENSvii PAGE viii FACING PAGElO 2262 7092106118122132140 160166168180218238260290 320328 340 PAGE342. From a drawing by A. L, Collins. MONACO: THE TOWN AND THE ROCK. CHAPTER I Hercules and the Phoenicians—The Phocseans, warfare, and theolive-tree—Some Roman Emperors, and Monacos Patron-Saint. CHAPTER I IN the minds of many who visit Monaco, thereis probably a hazy idea that it is very old,which is the appropriately hazy way of saying thatits history can be traced to very remote ages. Nograver mood belongs to the place, as Europe nowknows it ; people go there for fun, and most ofthem—despite the dark tales that each has heardand each loves to recount—come back with apleasant consciousness of having, in one way oranother, had what they went for. But the funover, and its memory still alive, some of thepilgrims will, it is hoped, lay friendly hands uponthis book. In it they will find their faith inMonacos antiquity confirmed—perhaps only toofully, and doubtless, as I conjecture, a little sur-prisingly. For of all the gods, decidedly Hercule
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