By Christopher Hare, author of "Men and Women of the Italian Reformation," etc.
Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, illustrated, 12/6 net.
In this author's previous books on the Renaissance, he has told the story of Illustrious Ladies, of Emperors and Kings, Popes and Warriors, as makers of history in Italy and other lands. The present work is concerned with a finer and more enthralling subject: the lives of writers and thinkers as contrasted with the mere pomp and splendour of the time. The Poet, the Humanist, the Historian, the Diplomatist, and the Letter-writer, from Lorenzo the Magnificent to Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione, are treated in turn, in a bright, illuminating narrative.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN ADELAIDE
By Mary F. Sandars, Author of "Princess and Queen of England," etc.
Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, with many rare illustrations, 16/- net.
The wife of William IV. came as a foreigner to be Queen of England, and found herself surrounded by difficult and trying circumstances, both political and domestic. In dread of an impending revolution she exerted all her influence on the side of peace, and by this and the purity of her life and aims she earned the title of "Good Queen Adelaide."
THE MARTYR OF LOVE: The Life of Louise de la Vallière
By Claude Ferval, with an introduction by Jean Richepin; translated by Sidney Dark.
Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, illustrated, 16/- net.