Excerpt from The Loves of the Lady Arabella Having heard, as I say, of the desperate struggle it cost Lady Hawkshaw to marry her lieutenant, I somewhat ...

Molly Elliot Seawell (1860-1916) was an American writer and scholar of early American history, best known for her regional fiction, romances, and nautical ...

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Excerpt from Francezka I am supposed to be a Tatar prince, by birth, that is; but in truth the only claim I have to either the race or the title is, that ...

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