Anne Manning

Anne Manning
Anne Manning (1807–1879) was an English novelist and children's writer known for her historical fiction and biographical works. She is best known for "The Household of Sir Thomas More" (1851), which imagines the daily life of Sir Thomas More's family, written as a memoir by his daughter Margaret. Manning's writing often blends historical research with fictional elements, presenting a vivid picture of the past. Her works were popular in the Victorian era, and she also wrote a number of moral tales aimed at younger readers.

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CHAPTER I. THE FAIR OF BEAUCAIRE. There was magic, to my young ears, in the very name of the Fair of Beaucaire. Beaucaire is only ten miles from Nismes, therefore no wonder I heard plenty about it. It is true, that in my time, the world-famous fair did not exercise so vast an influence on commercial affairs In general, as in the old days, when it was the great market of France; and not only France, but... more...

INTRODUCTION In the Valhalla of English literature Anne Manning is sure of a little and safe place. Her studies of great men, in which her imagination fills in the hiatus which history has left, are not only literature in themselves, but they are a service to literature: it is quite conceivable that the ordinary reader with no very keen flair for poetry will realise John Milton and appraise him more... more...