A Ladder of Swords: A Tale of Love, Laughter and Tears |
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LADDER OF SWORDS
A TALE OF LOVE, LAUGHTER
AND TEARS BY
GILBERT PARKER “On every height there lies repose, and so must we still be climbing, but alas! I have been climbing a ladder of swords these many years” (From a woman’s letter) ILLUSTRATED BY THE KINNEYS HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1904
Copyright, 1904, by Gilbert Parker.
All rights reserved.
Published September, 1904.
To
The Countess of Darnley
Whose Home Contains Many Relics and
Memories of the Spacious Times of
Queen Elizabeth, the Friend
of Michel and AngÈle
A Note There will be found a few anachronisms in this tale, but none so important as to give a wrong impression of the events of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
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