By Charlotte M. Yonge
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This is a story about two young orphans from Hampshire, who travel to
London in search of relatives. On the way they rescue a prominent City
of London figure after he has been attacked by highwaymen, and in this
way they become attached to his household in the City. The date is the
early years of Henry the Eighth, when the religious world of England is
simmering not only with the new views on religion, but also with the
problems of the King and his Divorces. We meet great figures like Dean
Colet, famous even to this very day for his charitable foundations,
Thomas More, and other great figures of the pre-Reformation years.
It is a very lively story that rings true at every turn, and is worth
while reading for those who would like a further understanding of the
late Tudor Court, and the customs in the City, prevailing at the time of
the Reformation.
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