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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Page xvii
... character of our Elizabeth arising from her cruelty to two imaginary daughters of Mary Queen of Scots who never ... character . Lee in fact diverges quite as much from the accounts of Hume and Robertson on particulars of character as she ...
... character of our Elizabeth arising from her cruelty to two imaginary daughters of Mary Queen of Scots who never ... character . Lee in fact diverges quite as much from the accounts of Hume and Robertson on particulars of character as she ...
Page xviii
... character . Devendra P. Varma , for example , calls Lee's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth “ realistic . " Montague Sum- mers says that " the personages for the most part act according to history , but they act from entirely different ...
... character . Devendra P. Varma , for example , calls Lee's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth “ realistic . " Montague Sum- mers says that " the personages for the most part act according to history , but they act from entirely different ...
Page 332
... character by the historian William Robertson , who remarks of Mary , Queen of Scots : “ Humanity will draw a veil over this part of her character which it cannot approve , and may , perhaps , prompt some to impute some of her actions to ...
... character by the historian William Robertson , who remarks of Mary , Queen of Scots : “ Humanity will draw a veil over this part of her character which it cannot approve , and may , perhaps , prompt some to impute some of her actions to ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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