Anne, Lady Fairfax
, wife of the leading parliamentary general, was a cousin of BH.
Purkiss, Diane. The English Civil War, A People’s History. Harper Perennial, 2007.
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Textual Features
Rosemary Sutcliff
Each of these books is based around the life of an actual historical figure. The first features Bess Throckmorton
: her secret marriage to Sir Walter Raleigh
and her experiences after it. The second follows...
Timeline
27 January 1649
Ann or Anne Fairfax
(wife of the former parliamentary commander Sir Thomas Fairfax
) made her second verbal intervention in the trial of Charles I
.
