"When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history."
The Caged Lion (ed. 1909)
~Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 March 1901)
Books by Charlotte Mary Yonge at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/945