Excerpt from Lives of the Princesses of England, Vol. 3: From the Norman ConquestIn drawing up the lives of the daughters of Edward IV., the author has for the first time the important advantage of treading in the steps of a learned antiquary who has preceded her in endeavours to illustrate the histories of these princesses. The late Sir Harris Nicolas, in his introduction to the privy-purse expenses of Elizabeth of York, gives concise, yet lucid and valuable sketches of the sisters of that queen, which have formed the ground work of the present biographies, though in each, fresh materials from ms. Sources have been added in elu cidation.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.