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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... marriage ; they unwarily laid open more than he intended , and Murray , enraged at hav- ing been his dupe , sent notice of the plot to Elizabeth . She was on a visit to Lord Leicester , who was ill when the letter arrived ; and ...
... marriage ; they unwarily laid open more than he intended , and Murray , enraged at hav- ing been his dupe , sent notice of the plot to Elizabeth . She was on a visit to Lord Leicester , who was ill when the letter arrived ; and ...
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... marriage choices . Robertson and Gold- smith mention chiefly the marriage to Bothwell , while Hume primarily blames that on Darnley ( Robertson , vol . 2 , p . 300 ; Goldsmith , vol . 2 , pp . 28-29 ; Hume , vol . 5 , p . 319 ) . 42 ...
... marriage choices . Robertson and Gold- smith mention chiefly the marriage to Bothwell , while Hume primarily blames that on Darnley ( Robertson , vol . 2 , p . 300 ; Goldsmith , vol . 2 , pp . 28-29 ; Hume , vol . 5 , p . 319 ) . 42 ...
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... marriage to Bothwell dissolved but that the privy council of Scotland refused her the divorce because “ they imputed it not so much to any abhorrence of Bothwell , as to her eagerness to conclude a marriage with the duke of Norfolk ...
... marriage to Bothwell dissolved but that the privy council of Scotland refused her the divorce because “ they imputed it not so much to any abhorrence of Bothwell , as to her eagerness to conclude a marriage with the duke of Norfolk ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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affection alike Ann Radcliffe appeared arms behold bosom Cecil charm conduct Court cried danger dared daughter dear death Dornock dreadful Duke duke of Norfolk Earl Elizabeth Ellinor England eyes fancy fatal fate favorite fear fortune Frances Burney gave Goldsmith Gothic Gothic fiction Gothic novel grief hand happy heart Heaven Hester Piozzi hope Hume idea indulgence Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle King knew Lady Arundel Lady Pembroke Lady Southampton Lee's letter London Lord Arlington Lord Burghley Lord Essex Lord Leicester lover Madam marriage Mary Matilda mind misfortune Mortimer mother nature never noble Norfolk novel once passion perhaps Piozzi pleasure Prince prison Queen of Scots Recess resolved retired Robertson safety secret seemed sense sensible servants shewed sighed silence sister Sophia Lee soul suffer sunk surprize sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion Tracey voice wish wretch youth