1773 Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; From The Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey

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Early Edition, Leather Binding

The second edition of this work.

A collection of the letters and correspondence of Rachel, Lady Russell, an English noblewoman, heiress, and writer. Compiled from the manuscript in the library at Woburn Abbey.

To which is prefixed an introduction vindicating the character of Lord William Russell, her second husband and an English Country Party politician and nobleman, against Sir John Dalrymple, &c., and the trial of Russell for high treason extracted from the state trials.

ESTC T122759

Retaining half title.

With the bookplate of John Peyto Verney, an English peer, to the front pastedown, and the bookplate of F. Talbot Clifton to the front free endpaper.

During the reign of Charles II of England, Lord Russell laid the groundwork for opposition in the English House of Commons to the accession of an openly Catholic monarch in Charles's brother James. This ultimately resulted in Russell's execution for treason, almost two years before Charles died and James acceded to the throne.