Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise

by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Book Overview

No one can be more aware than the author that the construction of this tale is defective. The state of French society, and the strange scenes of the Fronde, beguiled me into a tale which has become rather a family record than a novel. Formerly the Muse of the historical romance was an independent and arbitrary personage, who could compress time, resuscitate the dead, give mighty deeds to imaginary heroes, exchange substitutes for popular martyrs on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514659352
• ISBN13: 9781514659359
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"