The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England | 
"'Poor greenheads', wrote the Puritan Daniel Rogers of those who married purely for love when a year or two had passed and they had skimmed the cream of their marriage, they would soon envy the good fortune of those whose union was built on stronger foundations."
"She [Lettice Morrison] was an exceptional character, not only for her beauty, but also for a genuine love of study, which marked her out from most girls of her time: 'oft-times at a book in her Closet when she was thought to be in bed'."
... Frances Purbeck, the wife sought 'for wealth', and Robert Howard, who sought her for love.
#weak #heatofjuly
I have this book somewhere- but could I find it this morning (no is the answer!). I enjoyed this and think Fraser‘s books are generally enjoyable and accessible.
The cover really makes you envy womanhood doesn‘t it.....😱
#nonfictionnovember #photoadaynov16 #day3 #inspirational @RealLifeReading This nonfiction by Antonia Fraser is inspirational to me because of all the stories of women surviving and taking control of their own fates as best they could back then (English Civil War ).
