Download or read book Maxims of a Queen, Christina of Sweden (1626-89) (Classic Reprint) written by Queen of Sweden Christina and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Maxims of a Queen, Christina of Sweden (1626-89) Though the physician, Bourdelot, and a few others amongst her friends possessed either more or less complete collections of these sayings, it is improbable that they were ever intended for publication, or made except to beguile those moments of idleness which occur even in the fullest lives. A manuscript copy of the work was found in the Queens large and straggling handwriting in the Riario Palace in Rome after her death, with the date 1680 inscribed upon it. 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.