Enigmas of HistoryM. Joseph, 1957 - 253 pages |
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Page 126
... death ' did very much suspect an ill - practice in the matter , ' having heard his uncle's evidence . James Howell , the writer , traveller and diplomatist who was later to become historiographer - royal to Charles II , was at Theobalds ...
... death ' did very much suspect an ill - practice in the matter , ' having heard his uncle's evidence . James Howell , the writer , traveller and diplomatist who was later to become historiographer - royal to Charles II , was at Theobalds ...
Page 131
... death was ' supposed ' to be due to the ' corruption ' of his blood which was ' wonderfully tainted with melancholy ' - a vague diagnosis which , at this distance of time , is difficult to appraise correctly and which may or may not be ...
... death was ' supposed ' to be due to the ' corruption ' of his blood which was ' wonderfully tainted with melancholy ' - a vague diagnosis which , at this distance of time , is difficult to appraise correctly and which may or may not be ...
Page 169
... death ) in the Painted Chamber , preaches for it at Whitehall , St James's Chapel , St Sepulchre's . What man could more contrive the death of the King than this miserable priest hath done ? ' But what he was anxious to defend himself ...
... death ) in the Painted Chamber , preaches for it at Whitehall , St James's Chapel , St Sepulchre's . What man could more contrive the death of the King than this miserable priest hath done ? ' But what he was anxious to defend himself ...
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FOREWORD II | 11 |
The Wives of King George IV | 19 |
The Parentage of Queen Elizabeth I | 91 |
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