Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 - May 9, 1936) 1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. Johnston wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book, Prisoners of Hope (1898), dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel, To Have and to Hold (1900), and later, Sir Mortimer (1904). The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution, and in Lewis Rand (1908) the author...

Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 - May 9, 1936) 1] was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels.The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing Johnston wrote historical books and novels...

An historical novel first published in 1899 and reprinted here from the Constable & Co edition of 1907.

Johnston (1870-1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate who was one of her country's best selling authors during her writing career. This work set in England at the end of Elizabeth I's reign was first published in 1914.