Author : Rowland Hughes
Release : 2016-05-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 374/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton by : Rowland Hughes

Download or read book Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton written by Rowland Hughes. This book was released on 2016-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber. Rich in historical detail and high on melodrama, the novel follows Barbara's infamous career of robbery, adultery and murder, without painting her entirely as a monster. Indeed, the novel's status as a bestseller owes much to King-Hall's sympathetic depiction of the frustrations of domestic life for an ambitious, intelligent woman with no means of self-expression.