The Story of Louis XVII of France (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of Louis XVII of France<br><br>My sole object in writing The Story of Louis XVII. is to make a useful contribution to authentic history.<br><br>I firmly believe that Eleazer Williams was the Dauphin, and to establish this fact is to explain many historical mysteries, and also to clear the character of an honest man who suffered greatly during his life, and died "under a cloud," as an impostor.<br><br>I never saw Eleazer Williams, nor any of his descendants. I am a member of the Williams family; and Eleazer, as a supposed relative, often visited at my grandfather's house, and was intimate with two of my uncles.<br><br>But that was before my day, and I never heard of the man until the publication of the article, "Have we a Bourbon among us" in 1853. I happened then to be with one of the uncles alluded to, and on reading the statement, he exclaimed: -<br><br>"Now I understand! That explains it!"<br><br>Afterwards he told me that when they were both young, Eleazer used to tell him about wonderful visions of beautiful scenes and splendidly-dressed people which haunted him, and which seemed to be fleeting reminiscences of what had really happened in his childhood.<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.