Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 10
by
Josephine A. Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Mary Wroth (1587-1653?) was niece and god-daughter of Mary Sidney Herbert. She was married in 1604 to Sir Robert Wroth with whom she joined the Court circle of James I. In 1618 she began work on her enormous prose romance The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania. The first known work of original fiction...