Author: Samuel Rawson Gardiner

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781330215838

Excerpt from A Student's History of England, Vol. 2: From the Earliest Times to 1885; A. D. 1509-1689 In preparing the present volume for the press I have received valuable assistance from the Rev. W. Hunt, who has kindly gone through the proof-sheets, and has called my attention to several errors and omissions which had escaped my eye. The illustrations of this volume, like those in the first, have been selected by Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, Assistant Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries. He wishes to acknowledge much valuable assistance given to him in the choice of portraits by George Scharf, Esq., C.B., F.S.A., who is recognised as the highest authority on the subject. I am indebted to Her Majesty the Queen for two of the portraits appearing in the following pages - viz. those of Bishop Fisher, on p. 393, and the Duke of Norfolk, on p. 410 - the originals in both cases being at Windsor Castle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.