Excerpt from Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, Vol. 1 of 2: The Courts of Sweden and Denmark From 1766 to 1818 The sources whence he borrowed matter for his work are SO generally given with the quotations that he is not conscious of a Single omission of importance. From the causes recited, the life Of Charles XIV., John, as well as others, could not be given, but the plate is still prefixed, because the secret of his eleva tion is first developed in these pages, and the Author intends to translate from Swedish authorities a third volume that shall contain the extraordinary and event ful life Of that monarch. 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.