Agnes Strickland: 9 books

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Matilda, wife of the great William, the Conqueror, was an exceedingly handsome woman, and as she had received the best education that was possible in her times, she was as celebrated for her learning as for her beauty. She was, besides, generous and religious, and had all the qualities necessary for...

The Rival Crusoes Agnes Strickland, english historical writer and poet (1796-1874) This ebook presents «The Rival Crusoes», from Agnes Strickland. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- THE RIVAL CRUSOES -03- ARTHUR RIDLEY -04- THE FISHERMAN'S COTTAGE -05- FOOTNOTES  

Known in her time as a painstaking researcher, Agnes Strickland drew from letters, state papers, and private documents to vividly illustrate the life of Elizabeth I, complete with court and domestic intrigue, diplomatic maneuvers, and parliamentary politics. Originally part of Miss Strickland’s twelve-volume...

Published posthumously, Royal Brothers tells the story of young King Edward V and his younger brother, the Duke of York, who were imprisoned, proclaimed illegitimate, and murdered—while their uncle Richard made himself King Richard III. While Strickland took painstaking efforts with her writing, critics would later deem her work as sentimental and lacking impartiality.

The early history of England, or Britain, as it was anciently called, is involved in great obscurity. The reason of this is, that its first inhabitants, a colony from some other nation, were so much occupied in providing for the actual wants of life, as to have but very little time to spare for the...

The early history of England, or Britain, as it was anciently called, is involved in great obscurity. The reason of this is, that its first inhabitants, a colony from some other nation, were so much occupied in providing for the actual wants of life, as to have but very little time to spare for the...

Among the illustrious captives who were doomed to grace the triumph which Rome decreed to her victorious general Paulinus, on the occasion of the signal overthrow which he had given to the Britons and their warrior-queen Boadicea, were the warlike prince Aldogern and his young daughter Alda. Aldogern...

The early history of England, or Britain, as it was anciently called, is involved in great obscurity. The reason of this is, that its first inhabitants, a colony from some other nation, were so much occupied in providing for the actual wants of life, as to have but very little time to spare for the...