Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, Vol. 1
Connected With the Regal Succession of Great Britain (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, Vol. 1: Connected With the Regal Succession of Great Britain<br><br>The Biographies of Royal Females who have played distinguished parts in the history of a country - especially those who have been involved in the storms caused by revolutions in popular opinion - afford not only instances of lofty and heroic characteristics elicited by striking reverses of fortune, but the most touching examples of all that is lovely, holy, and endearing in Womanhood.<br><br>"If," as the Duchess de Bourbon said to her unfortunate kinswoman, Margaret of Anjou, "a book were to be written on the calamities of illustrious ladies of royal birth," it would, doubtless, exceed in pathos and dramatic interest all the tragedies in the world. It would form an extensive series of volumes, in which daughters of every family inheriting the fatal distinction of royalty, in every age and country, might find a place: and who more mournfully pre-eminent than Mary Stuart, and several of the Princesses connected with the regal succession of Great Britain Of Queens of England who have fallen by the hand of the executioner, or died broken-hearted exiles in foreign lands, it is unnecessary to speak here, their memorials having already been placed before the reader.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.