Previous chapter:
Chapter 53: Intrigue and Manipulation
Next chapter:
Chapter 55: The Tree Wants Peace, but the Wind Persists
PREVIEW
... spoke, a middle-aged man of about forty, dressed in a black bishop's robe and with a slight limp, entered the small meeting room and bowed to the others.
"Bishop Talleyrand!" Several people in the room immediately recognized the clergyman.
Bishop Talleyrand was a prominent figure in the salons and social scenes of Paris. He came from a fallen noble family and had been sent to a theological school for his education, a path many noble-born children often followed.
In genera ...
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE