Life and death of the wicked Lady Skelton

Life and death of the wicked Lady Skelton / Magdalen King-Hall ; with notes and an introduction by Rowland Hughes.

First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King-Hall, Magdalen, 1904-1971 (Author)
Other Authors: Hughes, Rowland
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1603-1714
Nobility > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Good and evil > Fiction.
FICTION > General.
Adultery
Good and evil
Man-woman relationships
Nobility
Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714 > Fiction.
Great Britain
Historical fiction
Fiction
History
Historical fiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton; Author's Note; Dedication; Finis?; Part I: Through a Glass, Darkly; 1: Lady Skelton at Home; 2: The Reticence of Miss Isabella Skelton; 3: Lady Sophia Met Her Match; Part II: The Story of Barbara Skelton; 1: The Wedding; 2: Midday at Maryiot Cells; 3: Midnight on Watling Street; 4: First Kill; 5: The Lady and the Steward; 6: At the Sign of the Golden Glove; 7: Dark Designments; 8: The Knot is Broken; 9: The Heavy Hill; 10: Summer's Date; 11: Lovers' Meeting; 12: Cover Her Face ...

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