A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 1 (of 6)

by Leopold von Ranke

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HISTORY OF ENGLAND

PRINCIPALLY
IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
BY

LEOPOLD VON RANKE

VOLUME I

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PREFACE.

Once more I come before the public with a work on the history of a nation which is not mine by birth.