Try Before You Trust
To All Gentlewomen and Other Maids in Love
by Constance Briones
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Pub Date 9 Jan 2024 | Archive Date 15 Feb 2025
Description
What if Taylor Swift found herself penning songs about love in Elizabethan England when women were required to be chaste, obedient, and silent? Young poet Isabella Whitney sets out to do just that. Having risked reputation and virtue by allowing her passions for her employer's aristocratic nephew to get the better of her, young poet Isabella Whitney defies sixteenth century convention and sets out to shake up London's reading public by being the first woman to pen a poem about the deceptive practices of men in love. Follow her incredible journey from maidservant to an illicit passionate affair to published poet.
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Advance Praise
"A dramatically drawn portrait of the plight and power of Elizabethan women, be they high-born or low. Although little is known about the life of the historical Isabella Whitney, Briones’ fictional Izzy, an eloquent narrator of her own story, is a vibrant and independent protagonist,who despite the hardships she undergoes, becomes a dynamic literary advocate for women. The narrative overflows with vivid historical details about 16th-century London." - Kirkus Indie Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781962465175 |
| PRICE | 7.99 |
| PAGES | 286 |
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