Excerpt from The Story of Louis XVII of France MY sole object in writing The Story of Louis XVII. Is to make a useful contribution to authentic history. I firmly believe that Eleazer Williams was the Dauphin, and to establish this fact is to explain many historical mysteries, and also to clear the character of an honest man who suffered greatly during his life, and died under a cloud, as an impostor. 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.