



Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England




The Hunchback of Westminster
By William Le Queux
Published by Methuen & Co, 36 Essex Street, London WC.
This edition dated 1904.

The Hunchback of Westminster, by William Le Queux.

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THE HUNCHBACK OF WESTMINSTER, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.

PREFACE.

A Word Before Reading.

For many years I have busied myself making a collection of rare and
valuable historical documents, and strange indeed are some of the
stories and scandals which these ancient, crinkled parchments whisper to
me in my hours of leisure.

In France, in Italy, in Russia, in Germany, in Belgium, in all corners
of England, this craze of mine has led me, through many adventures, free
but captive; and, looking back now, I realise that it has been really
through this little-known hobby of mine