Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle

by Maud Stepney Rawson

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