Margaret of Anjou

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MAKERS OF HISTORY

MARGARET OF ANJOU

by

JACOB ABBOTT

WITH ENGRAVINGS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER &BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1902

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by

HARPER &BROTHERS,

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

[Illustration: The Bridal Procession.]

The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her history, besides the interest which it excites from the extraordinary personal and political vicissitudes which it records, is also useful in throwing a great deal of light upon the ideas of right and wrong, and of good and evil, and upon the manners and customs, both of peace and war, which prevailed in England during the age of chivalry.

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