John S. C. Abbott

Series: Historical Figures
BISAC: BIO014000

In this account of the life of one who experienced far more than the usual vicissitudes of humanity, whose career was one of the saddest upon record, and who ever exhibited virtues which won the enthusiastic love of all who knew her, the writer has admitted nothing which cannot be sustained by incontrovertible evidence, and has suppressed nothing sustained by any testimony worthy of a moment’s respect. This history will show that Hortense had her faults. Who is without them? There are not many, however, who will read these pages without profound admiration for the character of one of the noblest of women, and without finding the eye often dimmed, in view of her heart-rending griefs.
(Imprint: SNOVA)