Angel Day, The English Secretary, and the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford

by Robert Sean Brazil

In 1586 a book about letter writing called The English Secretary burst upon England as a best seller that defined the genre and remained in print through 9 editions over 50 years. The author, at the time a little-known stationer named Angel Day, used a straightforward formula: instructions on how a particular type of letter should be written, followed by sample letters. While the fussy prose of the instructions emphasized plain words, brevity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985393815
• ISBN13: 9780985393816
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cortical Output LLC
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"