the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Thomas Heywood (attrib.) : Upon the remoue of the body of Queen Elizabeth from Richmond where she dyed the 24 of March, 1602 the 45 year of her Raign, & seventy of her age

Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, 'upon the remoue of the body of Queen Elizabeth from Richmond where she dyed the 24 of March, 1602 the 45 year of her Raign, & seventy of her age' Begins: 'The Queen was brought by water to White hall'.

Century: 1600-1699 / 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Lyttelton      Print: Book

Thomas Heywood : A Woman Killed with Kindness

'The Woman Killed with Kindness is one of the most striking novels — not plays, though it's more of a play than anything else of his — I ever read.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson      Print: Book

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