MY LADY ROTHA - A Romance (Illustrated)
Few writers of fiction who have appeared from England, few have given have given their readers more satisfaction than Stanley J. Weyman, and no single writer of this number can be said to have approached him, much less to have equaled him in the romantic world of the historical novel. He has the art of story-telling in the highest degree, the art which instinctively divines the secret, the soul of the story which he tells, and the rarer art, if it be not the artlessness, which makes it as real and as inevitable as life itself. His characters are alive, human, unforgettable, resembling in this respect those of Thackeray in historical lines and in a measure those of Dumas, with whom, and not inaptly, Weyman has been compared. His literature is good, so good that we accept it as a matter of course, as we do that of Thackeray and Scott.
"MY LADY ROTHA" is treated with the minuteness and lovingness of a first story which has grown up in the mind of the author for years.Marie Wort is one of the bravest souls that ever moved quietly along the pages of a novel. She is so unlike the other feminine characters that the difference is striking and adds significance to this one book.
"This book is brimful of action, rushing forward with a roar, leaving the reader breathless at the close; for if once begun there is no stopping place.
It's conceptualization is unique and striking, and the culmination unexpected. The author is so saturated with the spirit of the times of which he writes, that he merges his personality in that of the supposititious narrator, and the virtues and failings of his men and women are set forth in a fashion which is captivating from its very simplicity. It is one of his best novels.
Readers of Stanley J. Weyman's novels will have no hesitation in pronouncing 'My Lady Rotha' in everyway his greatest and most artistic production. We know of nothing more fit, both in conception and execution, to be classed with the immortal Waverleys than this his latest work. It is a story true to life and true to the times which Mr. Weyman has made such a careful study.
Not one of Weyman's books is better than 'My Lady Rotha' unless it be 'Under the Red Robe' and those who have learned to like his stories of the old days when might made right will appreciate it thoroughly. It is a good book to read and read again."
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"MY LADY ROTHA" is treated with the minuteness and lovingness of a first story which has grown up in the mind of the author for years.Marie Wort is one of the bravest souls that ever moved quietly along the pages of a novel. She is so unlike the other feminine characters that the difference is striking and adds significance to this one book.
"This book is brimful of action, rushing forward with a roar, leaving the reader breathless at the close; for if once begun there is no stopping place.
It's conceptualization is unique and striking, and the culmination unexpected. The author is so saturated with the spirit of the times of which he writes, that he merges his personality in that of the supposititious narrator, and the virtues and failings of his men and women are set forth in a fashion which is captivating from its very simplicity. It is one of his best novels.
Readers of Stanley J. Weyman's novels will have no hesitation in pronouncing 'My Lady Rotha' in everyway his greatest and most artistic production. We know of nothing more fit, both in conception and execution, to be classed with the immortal Waverleys than this his latest work. It is a story true to life and true to the times which Mr. Weyman has made such a careful study.
Not one of Weyman's books is better than 'My Lady Rotha' unless it be 'Under the Red Robe' and those who have learned to like his stories of the old days when might made right will appreciate it thoroughly. It is a good book to read and read again."
MY LADY ROTHA - A Romance (Illustrated)
Few writers of fiction who have appeared from England, few have given have given their readers more satisfaction than Stanley J. Weyman, and no single writer of this number can be said to have approached him, much less to have equaled him in the romantic world of the historical novel. He has the art of story-telling in the highest degree, the art which instinctively divines the secret, the soul of the story which he tells, and the rarer art, if it be not the artlessness, which makes it as real and as inevitable as life itself. His characters are alive, human, unforgettable, resembling in this respect those of Thackeray in historical lines and in a measure those of Dumas, with whom, and not inaptly, Weyman has been compared. His literature is good, so good that we accept it as a matter of course, as we do that of Thackeray and Scott.
"MY LADY ROTHA" is treated with the minuteness and lovingness of a first story which has grown up in the mind of the author for years.Marie Wort is one of the bravest souls that ever moved quietly along the pages of a novel. She is so unlike the other feminine characters that the difference is striking and adds significance to this one book.
"This book is brimful of action, rushing forward with a roar, leaving the reader breathless at the close; for if once begun there is no stopping place.
It's conceptualization is unique and striking, and the culmination unexpected. The author is so saturated with the spirit of the times of which he writes, that he merges his personality in that of the supposititious narrator, and the virtues and failings of his men and women are set forth in a fashion which is captivating from its very simplicity. It is one of his best novels.
Readers of Stanley J. Weyman's novels will have no hesitation in pronouncing 'My Lady Rotha' in everyway his greatest and most artistic production. We know of nothing more fit, both in conception and execution, to be classed with the immortal Waverleys than this his latest work. It is a story true to life and true to the times which Mr. Weyman has made such a careful study.
Not one of Weyman's books is better than 'My Lady Rotha' unless it be 'Under the Red Robe' and those who have learned to like his stories of the old days when might made right will appreciate it thoroughly. It is a good book to read and read again."
"MY LADY ROTHA" is treated with the minuteness and lovingness of a first story which has grown up in the mind of the author for years.Marie Wort is one of the bravest souls that ever moved quietly along the pages of a novel. She is so unlike the other feminine characters that the difference is striking and adds significance to this one book.
"This book is brimful of action, rushing forward with a roar, leaving the reader breathless at the close; for if once begun there is no stopping place.
It's conceptualization is unique and striking, and the culmination unexpected. The author is so saturated with the spirit of the times of which he writes, that he merges his personality in that of the supposititious narrator, and the virtues and failings of his men and women are set forth in a fashion which is captivating from its very simplicity. It is one of his best novels.
Readers of Stanley J. Weyman's novels will have no hesitation in pronouncing 'My Lady Rotha' in everyway his greatest and most artistic production. We know of nothing more fit, both in conception and execution, to be classed with the immortal Waverleys than this his latest work. It is a story true to life and true to the times which Mr. Weyman has made such a careful study.
Not one of Weyman's books is better than 'My Lady Rotha' unless it be 'Under the Red Robe' and those who have learned to like his stories of the old days when might made right will appreciate it thoroughly. It is a good book to read and read again."
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| BN ID: | 2940013673854 |
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| Publisher: | Leila's Books |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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