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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... Essex ( Hume , vol . 5 , p . 405 ) . 13. Hume mentions her " sallies of anger " as a flaw in Elizabeth's character ... Essex and Burghley ( Cecil ) . “ Essex despised the arts of Cecil as low and base . To Cecil , the earl's magnanimity ...
... Essex ( Hume , vol . 5 , p . 405 ) . 13. Hume mentions her " sallies of anger " as a flaw in Elizabeth's character ... Essex and Burghley ( Cecil ) . “ Essex despised the arts of Cecil as low and base . To Cecil , the earl's magnanimity ...
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... Essex's presumptuous visit to the queen's bedchamber follows Goldsmith's in diverging from Hume's version of chronology and in ascribing the conveyance of Essex's disparaging remarks about the queen's appear- ance to political , rather ...
... Essex's presumptuous visit to the queen's bedchamber follows Goldsmith's in diverging from Hume's version of chronology and in ascribing the conveyance of Essex's disparaging remarks about the queen's appear- ance to political , rather ...
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... Essex's failed insurrection similarly re- late how crowds gathered around him rather out of curiosity than a willingness to join him , how they attempted to block his retreat to his own house , and the death of Tracey as Essex attempted ...
... Essex's failed insurrection similarly re- late how crowds gathered around him rather out of curiosity than a willingness to join him , how they attempted to block his retreat to his own house , and the death of Tracey as Essex attempted ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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