
327 Under New Management
The History of England
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Lady Arabella Staart, a Lady of the English Court
Lady arabella stuart is an interesting case, one of those whose life was blighted by the fact that she had a claim to the throne. She was brought up for a while in glorious derbyshire, at hardwick hall,. Although she made it to the english court as a gentlewoman of good queen bess. But he was seen chatting happily to the earl of essex. So poor arabella, though widely lauded for her intellectual accomplishments and multiple languages, led a limited life. Rather later, incidentally, she would then throw up her hands and get married, secretly, at the age of 35, to an unsuitable boy of 22, william seymour.
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