Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest, Vol. 13 of 16 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Agnes Strickland
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267652839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Excerpt from Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest, Vol. 13 of 16 Lady Mary of York, when but three years old, stood sponsor for her younger sister, who was born February 6, 1664; the duchess of Monmouth was the other godmother Sheldon, archbishop of Canterbury, was godfather to the infant, who received her mother's name. She was after wards queen-regnant of Great Britain. The father of these sisters was at this epoch the idol of the British nation. After he had returned from his first great victory ofi' Low estofi' and Solebay in 1665, he found that the awful pesti lence called 'the great Plague' had extended its ravages from the metropolis to the nursery of his children at Twick enham, where several of the servants of his father-in-law had recently expired.' The duke hurried his wife and in fants to the purer air of the north, and fixed his residence at York. From that city he found it was easy to visit the fleet, which was cruising off the northeast coast to watch the proceedings of the Dutch. The duchess of York and her children lived in great splendor and happiness in the north, and remained there after the duke was summoned by the king to the parliament, which was forced to assemble that year at Oxford. 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.