Lady's Maid
One of history's great love stories--that of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning--makes for a magnificent historical novel: a book that evokes an era as it creates a character. Shy but sturdy Lily was more than just a lady's maid to the housebound Elizabeth Barrett; her devotion turned almost...
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One of history's great love stories--that of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning--makes for a magnificent historical novel: a book that evokes an era as it creates a character. Shy but sturdy Lily was more than just a lady's maid to the housebound Elizabeth Barrett; her devotion turned almost to obsession.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385417921 (0385417926)
Publish date: February 1st 1991
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 548
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...
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