Excerpt from The Czar, Vol. 2 of 3: Ivan Vassilivitch, the Terrible But a strange and unexpected impediment to its farther progress now presented itself. The horses, though weary with their lengthened journey, began to rear and plunge, and before means could be resorted to, to prevent the mis chief, the carriage was overturned. The driver, paralysed by fear, was unable to manage the restive animals, a sudden panic having deprived him of all presence of mind. 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.