Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, Vol. 1 of 8: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions
Mr. Lodge's talents as an Historian and Antiquary are well known to the public by his admirable collection of ancient letters and documents, entitled Illustrations of British History a book which I have very frequently consulted, and have almost always succeeded in finding not only the information required, but col Iected a great deal more as I went in search of it. 'the present Work presents the same talents and industry the same patient powers of collecting information from the most obscure and hidden sources and the same talent for selecting the facts which are the rarest and most interesting, and presenting them to the general reader in a luminous and concise manner. 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.
