10271-1 20th Century Most of JEAL's poems have

Most of JEAL's poems have not appeared in print until recent years

melding meticulous research with masterly storytelling

This copy is almost like new and has cloth covers with separate jacket

Brief end notes and Who's Who at the end of each volume

Cleis Press

10271-1 20th Century Most of JEAL's poems haveEdited by Paula R. Backsheider and Hope D. Cotton. Frances Brooke [1724 1789] was a highly successful writer, working in various formats and advancing the novel as a respected form. This novel, Brooke's third, was originally published in 1777 when women authors abounded. She based this plot on courtship novels like those by Frances Burney and Eliza Haywood, but differed in that the heroine of this story, Maria Villiers, is one of the first female