ALF
begins her text by addressing her son in the tone of a homily: he is to profit by his father
's example. Thereafter, though her focus remains always on her husband, she has some...
Timeline
November 1681
John Dryden
published his political satireAbsalom and Achitophel, at Charles II
's personal suggestion, just a week before the first Earl of Shaftesbury
's trial for treason.