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facts in this section:
Louis
XV, King of France, had an affaire with Louise Julie de Mailly, Mademoiselle
de Mailly, but also with her sister Pauline Felicite, Madame de Vintimille,
and her sister Marie Anne, Duchesse de Chateauroux and her sister Diane
Adelaide, Madame de Lauraguais. See the de Mailly family.
On the eve of the battle
of Culloden in the Scottish Highlands, fought between the Duke of Cumberland's
troops and the rebellious Jacobites in 1746, a shrieking human-headed monster
with burning red eyes and black leathery wings hovered over the terrified
soldiers. Called the skree, it
could be readily dismissed
as fantasy, were it not for the disquieting fact that one of the eyewitnesses
was none other than Lord George Murray, a well-respected general renowned
for his level-headed outlook. It is said, that after Culloden while hidden
in the Highlands, he read the Bible for months on end. See
Lord George Murray, 1694-1760, Murray, Dukes of
Atholl.
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