Life of Simon De Montfort

Excerpt from Life of Simon De Montfort: Earl of Leicester The object of the series of Biographies, of which this is the first, is to try and render the study of history more interesting to the young. It often happens at present that a difficulty is felt by the teacher how to proceed in teaching history after the rudiments have been fairly mastered by the pupil. There are text-books, of differing length, which cover English history as a whole; but the pupil's interest soon flags in reading one brief sketch after another. The teacher is at a loss what to do with a pupil who has shown a real liking for English history, and has gained a clear idea of its general outlines, but is not yet old enough to read the larger works of the standard historians, such as Hallam, Freeman, Macaulay, or Froude. It is hoped that in such cases the present series may be found useful. 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.