A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1: With Descriptive and Historical Letterpress (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England's Kings and Queens. To do it justice would require a far abler pen than mine, and far more space than is allowed by the narrow limits of a work like the present. The building 'is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs that have sat upon our throne, and though there are many more striking and more picturesque situations to be found among those that abound in the broad lands of the island, there is perhaps none more thoroughly suitable for the Palace of the Ruling Sovereign of England, inasmuch as there is none more thoroughly English in its character and features.

Standing as it does on a gentle eminence in a part of the country which is neither flat nor mountainous, and surrounded as far as the eye can reach by beautiful Home scenery of a similar character, the winding Thames completes the beauty of the landscape, and at the same time carries to the ocean the story of the events which unite for ever its own name with those of Britain, thence to be borne by our ships of native oak to every corner of the globe - a world-wide history, the History of England.

Windsor Castle, originally a fortress of the Roman invaders, and probably of previous existence, was founded by william the conqueror, and has, as might be supposed, received numberless alterations and additions since. According to some historians, it was' newly built by Henry I., where, in 1122, he celebrated his marriage with his second Queen, Adeliza of Louvain.

In the centre of the building, and raised on a mound, is the keep, or round tower, from which a full view of the neighbouring country is obtained.

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