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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Sophia Lee April Alliston. PART II The communication between Lord Leicester's apartment and ours was a pro- found secret to all the servants but Le Val and Williams , my Lord's valet ; in whose fidelity , after the late trial , he had ...
Sophia Lee April Alliston. PART II The communication between Lord Leicester's apartment and ours was a pro- found secret to all the servants but Le Val and Williams , my Lord's valet ; in whose fidelity , after the late trial , he had ...
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Sophia Lee April Alliston. wife of Lord Leicester , to endure his insults , and tired of waiting my Lord's resolution , I took an opportunity of representing to him the daring boldness of his conduct , in speaking of love to the sister ...
Sophia Lee April Alliston. wife of Lord Leicester , to endure his insults , and tired of waiting my Lord's resolution , I took an opportunity of representing to him the daring boldness of his conduct , in speaking of love to the sister ...
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... Lord Leicester start forward , levelling the bar with so desperate a boldness , that the fall of the villain ... Lord , dropping the knife , " by unlooked - for means Heaven at last has finished thee . " - " Gracious God , " cried the ...
... Lord Leicester start forward , levelling the bar with so desperate a boldness , that the fall of the villain ... Lord , dropping the knife , " by unlooked - for means Heaven at last has finished thee . " - " Gracious God , " cried the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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