The Illustrated History of England (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Illustrated History of England

I have not hesitated to make Dr. Lingard my principal guide In about a third of the present volume; as in the history anterior to the House of Tudor I did not deem it always necessary to write immediately from the original authorities, though I have frequently consulted them. From the commencement Of the period alluded to, the inquirer after truth must draw from the original sources; for all the modern streams are turbid with re ligious and political prejudices.

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