Excerpt from Adventures of an Actor, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising a Picture of the French Stage During a Period of Fifty Years After the abdication of the Spanish throne, a watchful eye was kept on the unfortunate Princes at Valencay; a fine estate belonging to M. Talley rand, who, in conformity with that amiable habit of complaisance which formed the basis of his character, lent this delightful residence to the Emperor, to be converted into a gilded prison for the occasion. 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.