title: Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
author:  Leslie Carroll 
description: <b>Praise for Leslie Carrolls Royal Books </b><br /><br />An irresistible combination of <i>People </i>magazine and the History Channel.<i>Chicago Tribune</i> (5 Stars)<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyable.<i>Booklist </i><br /><br />For those who tackled Hilary Mantels <i>Wolf Hall</i>, and cant get enough of the scandal surrounding Henry VIIIs wives, [<i>Notorious Royal Marriages</i> is] the perfect companion book.NewYorker.com
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  Droll Stories [V. 3]
  
  
  THIRD TEN TALES
  
  
    
    
  PROLOGUE  
    
  PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE  
    
  CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS
  
  
    
    
  ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF
  
  
  TURPENAY
  
  
  BERTHA THE PENITENT
  
  
    
    
  I. HOW BERTHA REMAINED A MAIDEN IN THE MARRIED
  
  
  STATE  
    
  [II. HOW BERTHA BEHAVED, KNOWING THE BUSINESS OF
  
  
  LOVE  
    
  [III. HORRIBLE CHASTISEMENT OF BERTHA AND EXPIATION
  
  
  OF THE SAME, WHO DIED PARDONED  
    
  [HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER
  
  
  JUDGE  
    
  [IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS
  
  
  FEMININE  
    
  [CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX
  
  
  PAR-CHEMINS  
    
  [ODD SAYINGS OF THREE
  PILGRIMS](Droll%20Stories%20%5bV.%203%5d_split_001.html#filepos273466)  
    
  [INNOCENCE](Droll%20Stories%20%5bV.%203%5d_split_001.html#filepos286467)
  
  
  [THE FAIR IMPERIA
  MARRIED](Droll%20Stories%20%5bV.%203%5d_split_001.html#filepos291036)
  
  
    
    
  [I. HOW MADAME IMPERIA WAS CAUGH