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	Jane Austen Jane Austen , 1775-1817, English novelist. The daughter of a clergyman, she spent the first 25 years of her life at "Steventon," her father's Hampshire vicarage. Here her first novels, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Northanger Abbey, were written, although they were not... Read more
	Q D Leavis Q. D. Leavis (Queenie Dorothy Leavis), 1906-81, British literary critic; wife of F. R. Leavis . After studying at Cambridge, she wrote Fiction and the Reading Public (1932), which analyzed the market for different types of fiction among readers). Her essays on Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and... Read more
	Lord David Cecil Lord David Cecil (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902-86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948-70). Cecil's works are all distinguished for their artistry as well as for their sound scholarship. His masterpiece is his life of Lord Melbourne ,... Read more
	Diane de Poitiers Diane de Poitiers , 1499-1566, duchess of Valentinois, mistress of King Henry II of France. Noted for her beauty, Diane, who was much older than Henry, retained her influence over him until his death (1559). She maintained friendly relations with the queen, Catherine de' Medici, while completely... Read more
	Darcy Darcy ♀, ♂ Transferred use of the English and Irish surname, originally a Norman baronial name (d'Arcy) borne by a family who came from Arcy in northern France. The surname was well established in north central England from the Middle Ages onwards, and various gentry families used it... Read more
	Edward Seymour duke of Somerset Edward Seymour Somerset, duke of 1506?-1552, protector of England. He served on various military and diplomatic missions for Henry VIII and, after the marriage of his sister Jane to the king, was created Viscount Beauchamp (1536) and earl of Hertford (1537). In 1544, as lieutenant general in the... Read more
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	Lady Jane Grey Lady Jane Grey 1537-54, queen of England for nine days. She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk ), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary. She became a ward of Baron Seymour of Sudeley , who tried unsuccessfully to bring about a marriage... Read more
	Saint Radegund Radegund, St (518–87), queen of the Franks and wife of Clotaire, son of Clovis; born a princess of Thuringia, she had been captured at the age of twelve and later married to Clotaire. Leaving the court after six years of marriage, she took the veil, and later founded a monastery at Poitiers.... Read more
	Jane Shore Jane Shore or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great influence over the king. After Edward's death (1483) she became the mistress of Thomas Grey, 1st marquess of Dorset, and... Read more