The Recess (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813109787)

" First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and ended with marriage, The Recess daringly portrays women involved in political intrigues, overseas journeys, and even warfare. The novel is set during the reign of Elizabeth I and features as narrators twin daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots, by a secret marriage. One of the earliest Gothic novels, The Recess pioneered the genre of historical fiction. The novel was also one of the first to describe charact

Author: Sophia Lee
ISBN-10: 0813109787
ISBN-13: 9780813109787
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2000
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.98d