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Excerpt from The Last Legitimate, King of France Louis XVII "To the Grandsons of those who inscribed in the Portfolios of 1789, the following consoling and Christian words, Liberty - Equality - Fraternity we dedicate this book, as an appeal to the good sense and justice of the French citizens and as an earnest protest against the greatest crime that has ever found a place in our National History!" It is with these words that M. Provins dedicates his powerful work entitled The Last Legitimate King of France, whose claims to a true though disputed existence he vigorously and logically maintains. Most of his friends know M. Foulon de Vaulx under his literary name of Henri Provins, under which pseudonym he has published, in addition to the work mentioned above, several other most valuable books and articles which he has most kindly put at my disposal for the compilation of the present work. Under his own name, M. Foulon de Vaulx has been political adviser to Charles XI., and in this capacity has earned unstinted approbation and praise from the leading members of the "Survivance" party. His retirement from all active share in the present proceedings is therefore considered as little short of a calamity by the friends of the Bourbon cause. It was in the month of September 1870 that M. Foulon first became interested in the much vexed question of Louis XVII.'s identity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.