Excerpt from Persons and Pictures From the Histories of France and England: From the Norman Conquest to the Fall of the StuartsThe persons introduced, are invariably true Historic personages, delineated with a pen as candid and as free from prejudice as the author knows how to wield.The Pictures and Scenes, if in some instances fictitious, are drawn, it is believed, with perfect fidelity to the costume of the day, the spirit of the times, and the character of the persons brought upon the stage as actors.The whole, it is hoped, will be found to exhibit a series of lively and dramatic views of some of the most celebrated individuals, some of the most remarkable instances of vice and Virtue, heroism and fortitude, and some of the most picturesque events, which occur in the history of six eventful centuries.In any case, no word will be found in them inconsistent with either the letter or the spirit of History none, assuredly, overstep ping the modesty of nature.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.