Shrewsbury a Romance

""Shrewsbury, a Romance"" is a historical novel written by Stanley J. Weyman. The story is set in the 16th century during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and follows the adventures of a young man named Anthony Langland. Anthony is an orphan who is taken in by his uncle, a wealthy merchant in Shrewsbury. However, Anthony's uncle is murdered and he is accused of the crime. Fleeing the town, he joins a group of players and travels around England, eventually ending up in London. Along the way, Anthony falls in love with a beautiful actress named Rosamund, but their relationship is threatened by the jealousies of other members of the troupe. Meanwhile, Anthony's innocence is proven and he returns to Shrewsbury to claim his inheritance and seek revenge against his uncle's killer. The novel is filled with action, romance, and intrigue, and provides a vivid portrait of life in Elizabethan England.1898. Illustrated. The classic age of the swashbuckler might well be said to have begun with Weyman, who was ordained the greatest of the yellow �������90s swashbuckling romancers. The book begins: That the untimely death at the age of fifty-eight of that great prince, Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, my most noble and generous patron, has afflicted me with a sorrow which I may truly call acerbus et ingens, is nothing to the world; which from one in my situation could expect no other, and, on the briefest relation of the benefits I had at his hands, might look for more. Were this all, therefore, or my task confined to such a relation, I should supererogate indeed in making this appearance. But I am informed that my lord Duke's death has revived in certain quarters those rumors to his prejudice which were so industriously put about at the time of his first retirement; and which refuted as they were at the moment by the express declaration of his Sovereign, and at leisure by his own behavior, as well as by the support which at two great crises he gave to the Protestant succession, formed always a proof of the malice, as now of the persistence, of his enemies. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.