The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesFirst 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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User Review - puglibrarian - LibraryThingI didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped I would. It's an early example of speculative/historical fiction (what would have happened if Mary, Queen of Scots had two secret children?) but really doesn't ... Read full review
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
1 | xvi |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other Times Eighteenth-century novels by women |
| Author | Sophia Lee |
| Editor | April Alliston |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University Press of Kentucky, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0813121469, 9780813121468 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / General Fiction / Historical / General |
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