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The Lady of the Lilies and the Fall of MacMahon
A dramatic tale recounts Marshal MacMahon's romantic intrigue with a veiled royalist woman dubbed the lady of the lilies. Secret meetings at the Elysee, a royalist plot, and a staged masquerade culminate in his forced resignation as France's president.
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MacMahon
Marshal
M. l'Ambassadeur
Magenta
France
Champs Elysees
Bois de Boulogne
Legion of Honor
The
Elysee Gardens
M. le Marechal
Republic
Mademoiselle
Royal House of
Comte de Chambord
Ireland
Paris
Mademoiselle Fleur de Lys
the Republic
Comte
Austerlitz
Jena
Henri V
the Elysee
Monsieur
Fleur de Lys
Elysee
Monsieur le Marechal MacMahon
Patrick MacMahon
Duke of
French Republic
M. le President
Senate
National Assembly
M. Grevy
U.S
Great Britain