Excerpt from The Hampton Court Guide: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Paintings, Statues, &amp;C. &amp;C. In the Palace and Gardens<br><br>This Magnificent Structure, 'was m'lglflall'y built by Cardinal Wolsey, who resided in it for some time with all the splendour of a prince: but some of his\ enemies haveing endeavoured to represent him to the king as too power full a subject, the Cardinal gave it tot Henry in exchange for his palace at Riehfno'nd: At present verylittle of the original building remains: for it has been much enlarged and 1mproved, par~ tichlarly by king William, and queen Mary, Who delighted much in the Sltua tion, and built the magnificent front fae~ ing the park. This edifice 1s encompassed in a semicircular form by the T,hames and were the whole properly improved, it would riot be exceeded by any palace in Europe.<br><br>In the back front of the Palace. Next the garden, is a pedlmentin which 15 regre~ seamed the triumphs of Hercules.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.