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Excerpt from The Clash of Steel The historical novelist is indeed fortunate if in his searching through the musty pages of history he can find a character which conforms in every detail to the one his eye of imagination conceives. But as a general thing this is not the case and so one to fill this requisite must be furnished from the workings of his own mind; while the fundamental facts remain the same true and unchanged. An historical novel is not the place to study details; but to fasten dates and events firmly in the mind, it is by far better than the dry pages of history. So as a word of warning to my readers, I desire to say that no faith should be placed in the characters of my main heroes, as they are merely brought into action to fill a space, from the novelist's point of view. 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.
