Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
BESS OF HARDWICK
AND HER CIRCLE
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A LADY OF THE REGENCY
JOURNEYMAN LOVE
THE APPRENTICE
TALES OF RYE TOWN
THE LABOURER’S COMEDY
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN
THE EASY-GO-LUCKIES
THE STAIRWAY OF HONOUR
HAPPINESS
Photo by Richard Keene Ltd. Derby, after the painting at Hardwick Hall. Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury.
BESS OF HARDWICK AND HER CIRCLE
BY
MAUD STEPNEY RAWSON
WITH THIRTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
INCLUDING A PHOTOGRAVURE FRONTISPIECE
London: HUTCHINSON & CO.
Paternoster Row ❧ 1910
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