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Download or read book Letters of William III. And Louis XIV. And of Their Ministers, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Paul Grimblot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters of William III. And Louis XIV. And of Their Ministers, Vol. 1 of 2: Illustrative of the Domestic and Foreign Politics of England From the Peace of Ryswick to the Accession of Philip V. Of Spain, 1697 to 1700 At first sight, these letters might appear foreign to the main purpose of this publication, which is more especially to disclose the negotiations between Louis XIV. And William III. Relative to the succession of Spain. The object of these conferences, the manner in which they were brought about, and the questions there discussed, have largely occupied all the English historians, and given rise to a host of conjectures more or less remote from the truth. Even Burnet, who avers that he had his information from the Earl of Portland, has either misapprehended the confi dential communications that were made to him, or has been misled, for on this point he is almost as inaccurate as the compilers who have confined them selves to picking up the rumours that were in circulation upon these conferences, such as Kennet, Tindal, Ralph, Somerville, and, more recently, Mr. Wallace, the continuator of Sir James Mackintosh. Torcy and the Duke of Saint Simon have alone given some details; but these, though pretty accurate, are too brief and not sufficiently minute to cut short further conjectures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.