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Excerpt from Famous Ladies of the English CourtIN the lack of an infallible judge to determine the motives and appraise the qualities of those Ladies of the English Court, whose histories are sketched here, I have tried to bring to the task of portraying their characters the fewest possible prejudices.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a ...

Excerpt from The Mystic Bride: A Study of the Life-Story of Catherine of SienaAnd if these names and fames are few, compared with the innumerable throng of female human creatures who have borne the burden and heat Of the day of this life, fewer still are-the histories of women that can be regarded as complete histories that not only detail the words, acts and manners of the women they relate to, In full sequence from the cradle to the grave, b...

Excerpt from The Lover of Queen Elizabeth: Being the Life and Character of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1533-1588These two were born into an age when the in¿uence Of the planets on human destiny and on human character was held to be direct and all-determining. It was the hour when astronomy was hardly ousting astrology from the category Of the sciences.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from The Doges of Venice With gratitude I have bailed from the ¿ood of the thought ful narrative and collated documents of Romanin, to fill the little channel of my Life-tales of the Doges of Venice. 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 techn...

Excerpt from Famous Ladies of the English Court IN the lack of an infallible judge to determine the motives and appraise the qualities of those Ladies of the English Court, whose histories are sketched here, I have tried to bring to the task of portraying their characters the fewest possible prejudices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This bo...

Excerpt from The Doges of Venice With gratitude I have bailed from the ¿ood of the thought ful narrative and collated documents of Romanin, to fill the little channel of my Life-tales of the Doges of Venice. 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 techn...

Excerpt from The Lover of Queen Elizabeth: Being the Life and Character of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1533-1588 These two were born into an age when the in¿uence Of the planets on human destiny and on human character was held to be direct and all-determining. It was the hour when astronomy was hardly ousting astrology from the category Of the sciences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cla...

Excerpt from The Mystic Bride: A Study of the Life-Story of Catherine of Siena My aim in the following pages has been to compare and interpret existing presentments of a woman who, typically and individually, was indeed a Mystic Bride, a representative for all time of womanhood and saintship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a rep...