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New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 7, 18 February 1925, Page 42

Xlhe IRed Q,ueen BY E. M. WILMOT-BUXTON F.E.Hist.S. 6/A novel dealing with the life of Queen Elizabeth, as seen from the point of view of one of her maids of honor, in which almost every character is historical, and most of the sayings attributed to the dramatis personas are derived from contemporary records, is a fictional experiment of an entirely new kind. The phrase ‘historical novel” too often means nothing more than that the book to which the title is applied deals with the more or less remote past. It is “historical” only because it is not professedly contemporary. Miss Wilmot-Buxton thinks that actual historical persons and events can be presented in a novel which will be no whit less interesting than a book of the hour dealing with entirely imaginary characters. The reader of this book will agree that she has thoroughly proved her point. Published by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, and to be obtained from all Catholic booksellers in New Zealand. /wvrv/v/v v_