History of Queen Elizabeth (History of British Royalty Book 4)

Published 1877 Topics Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, genealogy The author of this series has made it his spe- cial object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from tin trict truth, so far as it can now be discovered )y an attentive examination of the annals writ- ten at the time when the events themselves oc- curred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country af- fords ; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stat- ed, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemea good historical authority. The readers, there- fore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest pur- pose and a careful examination have been effect' ual in ascertaining it.