Charles I, by Jacob Abbott

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Title: Charles I Makers of History

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: October 1, 2008 [EBook #26734]

Language: English

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Makers of History

Charles I.

BY JACOB ABBOTT

WITH ENGRAVINGS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1901

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.

[Illustration: TOWER OF LONDON.]

[Illustration: JOHN HAMPDEN.]

PREFACE.

The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among t

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