16100 Ecclesiastical History Red cloth with black floral

Red cloth with black floral embossed decorations

green silk page marker

This book is concerned with the houses of the gentry

Cadell and W

this affectionate bio examines her family life and each novel

16100 Ecclesiastical History Red cloth with black floralOriginally published in 1885. Lyall was the pen name of Ada Ellen Bayly [1857 1903], a British novelist and early feminist. In the introduction to this novel she states she is trying to "describe the natural growth of a character" and has chosen a setting 200 years in the past. although she dreads calling it a historical novel. She does, however, combine real characters with her fictitious one. This edition, published in 1886, is covered in brown