Book excerpt: Excerpt from John and Sarah, Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, 1660-1744 There is next to nothing at Blenheim beyond a few parchments and official papers concerning the early career of Marlborough, and therefore I have passed lightly over his services prior to the years in which he won his abiding heritage of renown. It was when Anne came to the throne, and England was confronted with the War of the Spanish Succession. 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.