An edition of Story of Maude Reed (1971)

The Maude Reed tale

[1st U.S. ed.]
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The Maude Reed tale
Norah Lofts, Norah Lofts
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An edition of Story of Maude Reed (1971)

The Maude Reed tale

[1st U.S. ed.]
  • 8 Want to read
  • 2 Have read

A girl living in England in the Middle Ages wants to become a wool merchant but is sent, instead, to a castle in Sussex to learn to be a lady.

Publish Date
Publisher
T. Nelson
Language
English
Pages
174

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Cover of: The Maude Reed tale
The Maude Reed tale
1973, G. K. Hall
in English
Cover of: The Maude Reed tale
The Maude Reed tale
1972, T. Nelson
in English - [1st U.S. ed.].
Cover of: The Maude Reed tale
The Maude Reed tale
1972, T. Nelson, Brand: T. Nelson
in English - [1st U.S. ed.].
Cover of: The Maude Reed tale
The Maude Reed tale
1972, T. Nelson
in English - [1st U.S. ed.]
Cover of: The story of Maude Reed
The story of Maude Reed
1971, Transworld
in English

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Edition Notes

London ed. published in 1971 under title: The story of Maude Reed.

Published in
Nashville

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.L8273 Mau3

The Physical Object

Pagination
174 p.
Number of pages
174

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5285304M
ISBN 10
0840762488
LCCN
72004117
OCLC/WorldCat
507982
Library Thing
381868
Goodreads
1801069

Work Description

A most unladylike heroine struggles to outwit the system that would have her become a lady.

"I do not want to be a lady. I want to be a wool merchant." In those two sentences young Maude Reed expresses her most burning desire. But in fifteenth-century England, girls of good family do not go into business. Instead, they are often sent to live in one of the great castles, where they do needlework, play the lute, and are taught the complicated customs and manners of that age of knighthood.

At Beauclaire Castle, Maude meets two people who are to have a lasting influence on her - the beautiful Melusine, who serves Lady Astallon, and Henry Rancon, destined one day for knighthood. Nevertheless, the moment comes when she can face life there no longer, and on Christmas day she mounts her pony, steals over the drawbridge and starts on the long perilous journey home. Then her real adventures begin ...

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