Fair Margaret
{{short description|1907 novel by H. Rider Haggard}}
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| publisher = Hutchinson
| release_date = 1907
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Fair Margaret (published in the United States as Margaret) is a 1907 novel by British writer H. Rider Haggard, set in the time of Henry VII of England.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128283209 |title="Fair Margaret" (Rider Haggard). |newspaper=The World's News |location=Sydney |date=26 October 1907 |access-date=20 December 2013 |page=30 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56480156 |title=RIDER HAGGARD COINCIDENCE. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=9 December 1907 |access-date=20 December 2013 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}(p. 408-9) The plot features the abduction of the titular heroine and her adventures in Spain, including a meeting with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
Reception
Reviewing the novel, Frederic Taber Cooper praised Margaret. Cooper stated: "Mr. Haggard has the craft of a born stage manager, and thanks to his gorgeous scenery, his thronging troops of soldiers, sailors, courtiers, black-robed inquisitors, and languishing Spanish maids, he brings his story to a triumphant and happy solution, and sends us away with the feeling that we have witnessed a big, spectacular show that was eminently worth while."Frederic Taber Cooper, "The Economies of Structure and Some Recent Books." The Bookman, December 1907, (pp. 408-409)
References
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External links
- [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9780 Complete book] at Project Gutenberg
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Category:Novels by H. Rider Haggard
Category:English historical novels
Category:Cultural depictions of Isabella I of Castile
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