Excerpt from Blanche, Queen of Castile: A Poem In the history of the Middle Ages, instances but too frequently occur of cruelty and oppression; it would, however, be difficult, even during that period, to find one where the victim was so blameless and her fate so dark as that of the unfortunate Blanche, Queen of Castile. The romantic incidents of her short but eventful life appeared to be well suited to a poem. 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.