Excerpt from The Five Nights of St. Albans, Vol. 1 of 3 The origin of the following work, if it could be stated, would appear little less a romance, than the work itself. And if the statement were at all necessary to enable the critic, or the general reader, to enter upon the perusal of it with a better preparation for his task, it should not be withheld; but as it is not, the author thinks he may very fairly keep one mystery for himself, when he has so liberally provided a succession of them for his readers. 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.