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The Lady of the Lilies and the Fall of MacMahon
Secrets of the Courts of Europe recounts the intrigue around Marshal MacMahon as a mysterious royalist courtesan uses lilies to signal flirtation. The affair destabilizes France, tests loyalty, and ends with his resignation as Grevy succeeds him amid political scandal.
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MacMahon i
Duke of
Magenta
France
MacMahon
Champs Elysees
Anis
Dols de Boulogne
Elyse
le Marechal
Republic
Mademoiselle
Royal House of
Comte de Chasabcord
Ireland
Paria
Mac Mahon
Mademoiselle Fleur de Lys
Mateamen
Or de Chambord
Austerlitz
Jena
Henri V
M. le Marechal
Republc
Paris
the Elysee
Marshal
M le Marechal
Comte de Chambord
Monsieur
Weil
Hearth
Fleur de Lys
Pary
Elysee
M. le President
Fungs
Monsieur le Marechal MacMahon
Sagenta
Abe
M. le
Stricker
Senate
National Assembly
M. Grevy
Great Britain