Vertue Rewarded; Or, the Irish Princess [Anon]

by Anne Markey and Campbell Ross

Book Overview

Vertue Rewarded; or, The Irish Princess (1693) is one of the earliest examples of Irish prose fiction. Published in London, the novel is set in and around Clonmel, in August 1690, during the wars between the Jacobite James II and the Dutch Protestant William of Orange, later William III. Remarkably, the principal narrative concerning the young Irishwoman Marinda and the foreign Prince of S_______g, is interwoven with interpolated tales, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846822157
• ISBN13: 9781846822155
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"