Excerpt from Anecdotes of Love: Being a True Account of the Most Remarkable Events Connected With the History of Love, in All Ages and Among All NationsThe most subtle intrigues of diplomacy, the most sanguinary wars, and the widest and most embittered schisms of the church, have been brought about by Love. So that history justifies the old poet, who says Lovn conquers all.In bringing these strange and fascinating fragments to light, out of their ancient hiding-places, in the more elaborate pages of History, I have fully adopted the language in which I have found them, whenever I could do so without violating the more scrupulous refinement of modern taste. Many of the events here related are so strange, so startling, almost incredible - that I have ventured to alter as little as possible the language of their authentic records. I have deemed this course necessary, in order to avoid the possibility of being charged with having altered or corrupted the facts of history. Therefore strange and incredible as many of these anecdotes may be deemed, the reader has them as they are recorded in authentic pages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.