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HENRY OF GUISE;


OR,


THE STATES OF BLOIS.


VOL. I.







London:
Printed by A. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square







HENRY OF GUISE




OR,




THE STATES OF BLOIS.





BY




G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF
"THE ROBBER," "THE GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL,"
ETC. ETC. ETC.





IN THREE VOLUMES.


VOL. I.





LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1839.







CONTENTS


DEDICATION.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.







DEDICATION.






TO


THE HONOURABLE


FRANCIS SCOTT





My dear Scott,

In dedicating to you the following work as the tribute of oldfriendship, and of sincere and well founded esteem, allow me to add afew words in explanation of the course I have pursued in thecomposition. I do this, it is true, more for the public than foryourself, as you were with me while it was in progress, and by yourgood judgment confirmed my opinion of the mode in which the subjectought to be treated.

The character of every person who plays a prominent part on the greatstage of the world is of course lauded by friends and decried byadversaries at the time, and the mingled report comes down to afterages. But the mists of prejudice are wafted away by the breath ofyears. The character of the historian is considered in connexion withthose of the personages he has depicte

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