Author: John Heneage Jesse

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-20

Total Pages: 366

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, Including the Protectorate, Vol. 2 Holland's character and des icable apostacy. His lineage. His service in the Dutch wars. Is rapid advance in honours. His subserviency to Buckingham. Carl isl s'e friendship for Holland. Marriage of the latter. Holland House, Kensington. Holland's wealth and beauty. His influence with women. His conduct in the expedition against the Scots. His scandalous defection. The queen's anger against and contempt for him. His time-serving conduct to Charles at the siege of Gloucester. His reception by the king at Oxford. His second desertion to the Parliament. He is distrusted and held in contempt by both parties. His flight into Huntingdonsb ire, and apprehension by the Parliamentary horse. His trial and condemnation. His last moments. His execution. 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.