Name: Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
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Author: King-Hall, Magdalen ; Hughes, Rowland
ISBN: 9781909291348

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Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton

Type

Physical Book

Author

Magdalen King-Hall

Introduction by

Rowland Hughes

Publisher

University of Hertfordshire Press

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

296

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781909291348

Synopsis "Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton"

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.

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