Armagnacs

There were doubtless only too many, who, like him, were ready to believe that the Maid of the Armagnacs was a heretic, a worshipper of idols and given to the practice of magic.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

"With the Armagnacs is a creature in woman's form.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

It was a unique experience ... and if you remember anything he has told you after the tour and several farewell Armagnacs, you're sure to impress someone at a wine tasting someday.

Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011

It was a unique experience ... and if you remember anything he has told you after the tour and several farewell Armagnacs, you're sure to impress someone at a wine tasting someday.

Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011

There are still grand villas in Palm Beach—20,000-square-foot beach shacks full of Aubussons, Gobelins, ormolu, humidors, cellars provisioned with ancient Armagnacs and crates of 1961 Lafite Rothschild.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

Isabella dying, her husband (Duke of Orleans since the death of his father) married the daughter of the Count of Armagnac, who, being a much abler man than his young son-in-law, headed his party; thence called after him Armagnacs.

A Child's History of England 2007

This gourmet French restaurant overlooks the gardens above Lake Geneva and has an outside terrace and an impressive wine cellar--try roughly 75,000 bottles and a large selection of Grand Crus and aged Armagnacs.

Swiss Bliss Nick Easen 2006

Then, when the coffee arrived and while the other three sipped Armagnacs, I told them about Grace Peltier, Jack Mercier, and the death of Yossi Epstein.

The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002

Henry V, with 10,000 men, defeated three times that number of French; the duke of Orléans was taken prisoner; Normandy was reconquered by the English, undoing for the time the work of Philip Augustus; the dauphin (later Charles VII) fled to the south of France (1418); the Burgundians returned to power, and there was a massacre of Armagnacs in Paris (1418).

1388 2001

Rouen fell; the Burgundians, alarmed at the English advance, began negotiating with the Armagnacs; John of Burgundy was assassinated at a conference with the dauphin at the bridge of Montereau, and the Burgundians returned to the English alliance.

1388 2001