Wanderer and King (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Wanderer and KingFor many of the historical incidents in this story the writer desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the well known collection of Boscobel T facts, edited by Mr. J. Hughes, supplemented as they have been in recent years by other volumes, and more especially by Mr. Allan -fea's interesting book on 771: Fliglrt of the King. Though in some details the contemporary narratives differ, and though Charles' own account dictated to Pepys is not free from mis takes, the writer believes that he has reproduced with exact ness what is known of the latter part of the King's memo rable journey, and in only one point has he tampered with chronology, namely, in lengthening by a day or two Charles' stay at Hambledon, and in shortening by a day or two his stay at Heale. With the historical personages who form the great majority of the actors in the tale - Colonel Wyndham and his family, Miss Coningsby, William Elles don, Lord Wilmot, Dr. Henchman, Colonel Philips, Colonel Gunter, and many others of less note - he has not, he hopes, taken any unwarrantable freedom, unless it be in suggesting an attachment between Ellesdon and Miss Coningsby for which he knows of no foundation in fact.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.