Henrietta of England organised by Lully." Monsieur married again in 1671 to Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, who, like Henrietta, was descended from Mary, Queen of Scots, sharing James VI of Scotland and I of England as a common ancestor. Monsieur and the "new Madame" would have a further two surviving children. Henrietta's eldest daughter Marie Louise died, like her mother, at the age of 26 in Spain in 1689. The circumstances of her death were almost identical to those of her mother's death, and she was also believed to have been poisoned. Anne Marie married in 1684 and was the mother of
I Served the King of England isolated from the world, save for the company of a few animals. Here, Dítě trades his youthful pursuit of temporal pleasures for quiet contemplation and spiritual growth. He comes to accept himself, overcoming the insecurity he felt throughout his life. The book ends with Dítě describing how he started to write the novel in the first place. James Wood wrote in the "London Review of Books" in 2001: ""I Served the King of England" is a joyful, picaresque story, which begins with Baron Munchausen-like adventures, and ends in tears and solitude, a modulation typical of Hrabal's greatest work." After the