The Great Sancy
The Great Sancy
The Sphinx of Diamonds--Looking Back over Three Hundred Years--In the Days of the "Holy League" A Royal Debauchee--A Faithful…
The Great Sancy: Henry
Nicholas was attached both to the Courts of Henry III. and Henry IV., having been ambassador for the former in Turkey, for the latter in…
The Great Sancy: Crown
Whatever credit may be given to these stories, it is certain that the "Sancy" again returned to its rightful owner, from whom it soon…
The Great Sancy: Henrietta
The "present Queen of England" might have been either the queen-consort of Charles II., Catharine of Braganza, or the dowager-queen…
The Great Sancy: Demidoff
But here begin a fresh series of vicissitudes; for it disappeared the very next year, together with the "Blue Diamond," and the other…