Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Early in the September of the year 1651 the afternoon sun was shining pleasantly into the dining-hall of Forest Lea House. The sunshine came through a large bay-window, glazed in diamonds, and with long branches of a vine trailing across it, but in parts the glass had been broken and had never been mended. The walls were wainscoted with dark oak, as well as the floor, which shone bright with rubbing, and stag's antlers projected from them, on which...
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According to some accounts, Mary Queen of Scots bore a child to her last husband, the earl of Bothwell, while imprisoned at Loch Leven. In Unknown to History, C.M. Yonge weaves the story of this child, linking it with that of her mother. The Author tells us that In Miss Strickland's Life of Mary Queen of Scots (and in Burton's History of Scotland) a report may be found on which this tale is based. This is a fascinating and enthralling story of royalty,...
7) Abbeychurch
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Written when the author was in her early twenties, and now regarded as Yonge's first serious work of fiction, Abbeychurch grapples with both serious theological issues pertaining to the schism between Broad, High and Low factions in the Church of England, as well as with the struggles of ego and impulse that are common in adolescence and early adulthood. A gripping and sophisticated example of women's nineteenth-century fiction. As part of our mission...
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A classic work of historical fiction for children, which tells the true tale of a tenth-century nine year-old boy who becomes Duke of Normandy after his father is cruelly assassinated.This is the childhood history of Richard the Fearless, the great grandfather of William the Conqueror. When he was just nine years old, Richard's father, the Duke of Normandy was assassinated. The boy was then kidnapped and imprisoned by Louis IV of France, who seized...
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In the tumultuous era of the English Civil War, a young woman's destiny intertwines with the fate of a nation.
Lady Alice Lee, a staunch Royalist, finds herself trapped in the clutches of the Parliamentarian forces. As the war rages around her, she must navigate a treacherous path, torn between her loyalty to her family and her growing attraction to a dashing enemy officer.
Amidst the clash of swords and the roar of cannons, Alice's courage and...