The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 - 364 Seiten First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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... earl of Leicester , was the fourth son of the duke of Northumberland . He was about twenty - one in 1553 when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and condemned to death , along with his four brothers , his father , his uncle , and ...
... earl of Leicester , was the fourth son of the duke of Northumberland . He was about twenty - one in 1553 when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and condemned to death , along with his four brothers , his father , his uncle , and ...
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... earl of Essex by Elizabeth in 1572. That was at least seven years after he married Lettice Knollys , an Englishwoman ( see note 83 to Part I ) , and a year before he went to Ireland on his own initiative in an effort to colonize Ulster ...
... earl of Essex by Elizabeth in 1572. That was at least seven years after he married Lettice Knollys , an Englishwoman ( see note 83 to Part I ) , and a year before he went to Ireland on his own initiative in an effort to colonize Ulster ...
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... earl of Essex at the age of nine . He had accompanied his stepfather , the earl of Leicester , to the Nether- lands in 1585 ( Hume , vol . 5 , p . 273 ) . The story of Essex's rise and fall as Elizabeth's favorite was the subject of ...
... earl of Essex at the age of nine . He had accompanied his stepfather , the earl of Leicester , to the Nether- lands in 1585 ( Hume , vol . 5 , p . 273 ) . The story of Essex's rise and fall as Elizabeth's favorite was the subject of ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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