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Barbarina Ogle Brand, Lady Dacre (1768-1854), was an English poet, playwright, and translator and one of the most accomplished women of her time. This first volume of Dacre's Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry tells the story of Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale (c.1680-1749), who is best known for arranging the daring escape of her husband from the Tower of London. In 1715, Nithsdale joined the Jacobite rebellion in support of the exiled King James II, but he was captured, tried for treason, and sentenced to death, despite Lady Nithsdale's personal appeal to King George I. On the night before his execution, she persuaded the guards to let her see him, dressed him in women's clothing, smuggled him out of the Tower.
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- PublisherWildside Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1479411930
- ISBN 13 9781479411931
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages322
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