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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... Lady Matilda Howard was concluded ; his union with the first Lady in En- gland , both in birth and beauty , gave the greatest pleasure to all who loved him.21 Little able , and less disposed to assist at festivities , I retired on the ...
... Lady Matilda Howard was concluded ; his union with the first Lady in En- gland , both in birth and beauty , gave the greatest pleasure to all who loved him.21 Little able , and less disposed to assist at festivities , I retired on the ...
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... Lady Arundel's house , those gates from whence I last took my flight so dearly accompanied , a pang so pungent wrung my heart , that my feeble sense sunk under it , and I swooned away . I revived ; and it seemed rather by the cries and ...
... Lady Arundel's house , those gates from whence I last took my flight so dearly accompanied , a pang so pungent wrung my heart , that my feeble sense sunk under it , and I swooned away . I revived ; and it seemed rather by the cries and ...
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... Lady Pembroke , in the afternoon , looking out of the window , and kissing her hand . I felt ready once more to run away , but that decorum restrained me . Lady Pembroke indulged one of the gay whims which so often were a source of ...
... Lady Pembroke , in the afternoon , looking out of the window , and kissing her hand . I felt ready once more to run away , but that decorum restrained me . Lady Pembroke indulged one of the gay whims which so often were a source of ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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