The Recess Or A Tale Of Other Times

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.

Excerpt from The Recess, or a Tale of Other Times, Vol. 1 I should but affront a heart which finds its first pleasure in obliging, by asking a formal permission to publish its merits, which alone could induce me to surprise you with this address. Time and distance may have erased the author from your memory, but neither can obliterate from hers the gratitude due to a Gentleman, who uniting sym pathy with science, and generosity with both; becomes to the suffering, a subordinate providence. Indebtedt'o your friendly endeavours 'till my heart. Is as cold as those even your skill could. Not save, I shall always remain, sir, Your highly obliged; Humble Servant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.