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Now Complete.— STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND. 

 NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. 



LIVES OF THE @UEENS OF ENGLAND, 



FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST. 

 WITH ANECDOTES OF THEIR COURTS, 



Now First Published from Official Records, and other Authentic Documents, Pri- 

 vate as well as Public. 



NEW EDITION, %VITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



BY AGNES STRICKLAND. 



In six volumes crown octavo, extra crimson cloth, or half morocco, printed 

 on fine paper and large type. 

 In this edition, Volume One contains Vols. 1, 2 and 3 of the 12mo. edition 

 Volume Two contains Vols. 4 and 5; Volume Three contains Vols. 6 and 7 

 Volume Four contains Vols. 8 and 9 ; Volume Five contains Vols. 10 and 11 

 and Volume Six contains Vol. 12. The whole forming a very handsome se- 

 ries, suitable for presents, prizes, &c. 



Tlie puljlisliers have great pleasure in presenting to the public this work in a 

 complete Ibrm. During the long period m whieli it has lieen issuing from the press, 

 it has assumed the character ol"a standard work ; and. as occupying ground hitherto 

 untouched, as embodying numerous historical facts hilheno unnoticed, and as con- 

 taining vivid sketches of the character and manners of the times, with anecdotes, 

 documents, &c. &c., it presents numerous claims on the nltenlion of both the student 

 of history and desultory reader. 



Those who have been waiting its completion can now obtain it, forming a handsome 

 set, twelve volumes in six, in various styles of binding. 



A few copies still on hand of the Duodecimo Edition. Vol. I. — Contains 

 Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland, Adelicia of Louvaine, Matilda of 

 Boulogne, and Eleanor of A(]uitaine. Vol. II. — Berengaria of Navarre, Isa- 

 bella of Angoiileme, Eleanor of Provence, Eleanor of Castile, Marguerite of 

 France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, and Anne of Bohemia. 

 Vol. III. — Isabella of Valois, Joanna of Navarre, Katharine of Valois, Marga- 

 ret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, and Ann of Warwick. Vol. IV. — Elizabeth 

 ofYorU, Katharine of Arragon, .\nne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, 

 and Katharine Howard. Vol. V. — Katharine Parr and Queen Mary. Vol. VI. 

 — Queen Elizabeth. Vol. VII. — Queen Elizabeth (continued), and Anne of 

 Denmark. Vol. VIII. — Henrietta Maria and Catharine of Braganza. Vol. IX. 

 — Mary of Modena. Vol. X. — Mary of Modena (continued), and Mary II. 

 Vol. XI. — Mary II. (continued), and Queen Anno. Vol. XII. — Queen Anne 

 (concluded). 



Any volume sold separately, or the whole to match in neat green cloth. 



These volumes have the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history. — 

 Times. 



A most valuable and entertaining work. — Chronicle. 



This interesting and well-wriiien work, in which the severe truth of history lakes 

 almost llie wildness of romance, will constitute a valuable addition to our biogra- 

 phical liieraiure. — Morning Htrabl. 



A valuable contribution to hisiorical knowledge, to young persons especially. It 

 contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and re 

 source could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from 

 the work. — Athetirr.um 



The execution of this work is equal to the conception. Great pains have been 

 taken lo make it both inlere^ling and valuable. — Lit- ran/ Gazelle. 



A cliarmiiig work— full of interest, at once st-rious ami pleasing — Monsieur Giiizot. 



A most charming biographical memoir. We conclude by expressing our uiuiuali- 

 ficd opinion, that we know of no more valuable coniribulion lo modern tiisiory than 

 this ninth volume of .Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens. —Morning Herald. 



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