Elizabeth Cary Viscountess Falkland
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As an early seventeenth-century writer of tragedy Edward II extraordinarily blends history, drama, and political commentary.
, has an important place in literary history, though her play, like her first translation, was done when she was almost a child. She herself probably valued more highly her geographical, biographical and theological works, both translated and original. Her - BirthName: Elizabeth Tanfield
- Married: Cary
- Pseudonyms: E. T.; E. C.; E. F.
- Religious: Mary in God
- Titled: Lady; Viscountess Falkland
- Indexed: Elizabeth Tanfield Cary