The Youth of Henry VIII
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Mumby, Frank Arthur) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Youth of Henry VIII: A Narrative in Contemporary Letters Although "The Youth of Henry VIII.," like its companion volume, "The Girlhood of Queen Elizabeth," may be left to stand alone, and read as a separate memoir, it forms an integral part of the series in which I hope eventually to illustrate the whole history of England by what James Howell describes as "the more gentle and familiar way" of letters. "Nothing," says Swift, "is so capable of giving a true account of history as letters are, which describe actions while they are alive and breathing, whereas all other relations are of actions past and dead." Ruskin is still more emphatic when he declares, in the same connexion, that "the only history worth reading is that written at the time of which it treats, the history of what was done and seen, out of the mouths of men who did and saw." Ruskin, of course, was exaggerating but his exaggeration was intended merely to accentuate the truth. My object is, therefore, to link together the essential letters of historic importance and the intimate correspondence of more domestic interest, so as to form a living record of each chapter in our country´s story. The books will not attempt to pass judgment on controverted topics, but will endeavour always to allow each side to state its case in its own words, leaving the reader as far as possible to judge for himself. Historical documents, as someone has said, are very like the letters of the alphabet; they can he arranged and shuffled according to the point of view of any writer, whatever his prejudices may be. My own design is simply to arrive at the facts, and let the facts speak for themselves. 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.
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