Life of The Lady Arabella Stuart

London: Richard Bently and Son, 1889. Octavo. In two volumes. 274 and 300pp. The story of Arabella Stuart is quite intriguing. She should have become Queen. She as the cousin to James VI of Scotland, niece of Mary Queen of Scots and a distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth I of England. She later married in secret only to have her husband sent to the Tower of London, she would later become imprisoned herself by James VI after attempting to escape to France. She had no children and died at age of 39 after she refused help or medication while she deteriorated in the Tower. A very good set bound by Larkins in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, (truncated) with matching endpapers, top edges gilt, some darkening to corners with light wear and small chip to head of volume 1. (Inventory #: 022778)