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New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 3, 21 January 1925, Page 42

Hhe IRed ®,ueen < . BY E. M. WILMOT-BTJXTON | F.R.Hist.S. | 6/- , A novel dealing with the life of Queen Elizabeth, as seen from the point of view of one of her maids of honor, • in - which almost every character is historical, and most of the sayings attributed to the dramatis persona are derived < from contemporary records, is a fictional experiment of an < entirely new kind. • The phrase “historical hovel” too often- means nothing i more than that the-book to. which the. title is applied deals < with the more or less . remote past. It is “historical” only \ because it is not professedly contemporary,. ;j , <. • * f Miss Wilmot-Buxton- thinks that actual historical perj sons and ’ events can be presented in a/ novel ? which will be . ,i .•' ’ >* yj .-'»•* .1 7;.' •. ■t ; j.IT ' **t T_ • J !• < in whit less interesting -. than a book xof the 1 hour dealing 'M. : w ith entirely imaginary characters. The reader of this ■mm< book will agree,that she has thoroughly proved her point. | ' Published by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, and to be obU: tained from all Catholic booksellers in New Zealand. book -will agree,that’ she has .thorougl Published by Burris; Oates and :Washbourn6,J and to bo obf. - - taihed from' alFCatholic.^l^ks^lera^in 'New Zealand.