History of France, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from History of France, Vol. 2: From the Death of Louis XI, Reign of Charles VIII, 1493 1498A health which demanded incessant care had left small opportunity for any scheme of education to correct innate defects of mind and character. Charles had spent his boyhood at Amboise in a seclusion unbroken by that juvenile experience of public life through which Princes are accustomed to serve their apprenticeship to the throne and he had been kept so close that there were some who doubted if his presence in the castle was suspected by the inhabitants Of the little town which nestled around its towers. Tradition ascribes the régime to the suspicious malevolence Of Louis XI, taught by the disloyalties of his own youth the potentialities for mischief of an heir apparent: but tradition wrongs the King. The attitude of Louis towards his son was that of an over-anxious parent, trembling lest the gift for which he had longed and prayed should be snatched prematurely from his grasp. Solicitous about every detail of the frail child's health, he pestered his attendants with inquiries whether he was in good spirits and eating' and sleeping well, whether he lay warm of nights, or grew over-heated at his play, and a frenzy of anxiety when Charles fell sick was succeeded upon his recovery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.