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The Correspondence (c. 1626-1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Correspondence (c. 1626-1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
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The letters of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester, dating
predominantly from about 1636 until 1643, cover a wide range of
issues and vividly illustrate her centrality to her illustrious
family's personal and public affairs. These c.100 letters are here
for the first time fully transcribed and edited. The edition
includes a biographical and historical introduction, setting the
context of the Sidneys' family and political activities at the time
of Dorothy's marriage to Robert in 1615 and then tracing the major
events and involvements of her life until her death in 1659. A key
to the cipher used in the letters to disguise identities of
individuals is also supplied. Following the introduction is the
complete text of each of Dorothy Percy Sidney's letters to her
husband, Robert, second Earl of Leicester, and to and from William
Hawkins, the Sidney family solicitor, along with several others,
including letters from Dorothy to Archbishop Laud and the Earl of
Holland. Her husband's account of her last moments in 1659, and
testamentary directions relating to her will, are also included.
The letters are arranged in chronological order and supported by a
series of footnotes that elucidate their historical context and
briefly to identify key individuals, places, political issues and
personal concerns. These notes are further supported by selective
quotations from Dorothy's incoming correspondence and other related
letters and documents. A glossary supplies more detailed
information on 'Persons and Places.' Dorothy Percy Sidney's letters
eloquently convey how, even with her undoubted personal potency and
shrewd intelligence, the multifaceted roles expected of an able and
determined aristocratic early modern Englishwoman-especially when
her husband was occupied abroad on official business-were intensely
demanding and testing.
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