Lady's Maid: An Historical Novel
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701135744 (0701135743)
Publish date: July 15th 1990
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Pages no: 536
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
19th Century
Lady's Maid is the fictional life story of Lily Wilson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's maid. Since all I knew about either of the Browning poets before starting this book was the little bit I remember from high school English, I wasn't sure if this was the book for me; fortunately, it really is the st...
She really made the characters real, esp. Wilson, the lady's maid. Did not make me a fan of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as she was portrayed here. An escape to another time...