The life and adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, most unhappy wife. In three parts. Containing, I An Account of her Birth in France, and coming to England. - II. Her marriage in London with a Brewer, who run out of his Estate, and left her with five Children. - III. Hercohabiting with her Landlord; their Journey to Paris, where he was robbed and murdered. - IV. Her being fell in Love with by the Prince of-; and seeing her husband in the Gens d'arms Guard. The Prince leaves her, &c. - V. The Dealings she had with a Dutch Merchant and a Jew, the latter of whom wanted to defraud her of a great part of her jewels: her going to Rotterdam, where she sees the Dutch Merchant, to whom she soon after became a Bedfellow. - VI. Her Return to England, where she had the Name of Roxana. Her Marriage with the Dutch Merchant in London, who was naturalized and created a Baronet. The Miseries she and her Maid Amy afterwards fell into. Adorned with a curious Print of Roxana, in her Turkish Dress.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Standardized Title:

Roxana

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mistresses--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Mistresses.

Women--Europe--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Women.

Women--Great Britain--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Europe--History--18th century.

Europe.

Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144p.,plates )

Other Title:

Life and adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for S. Crowder, in Pater-Noster Row, and S. Gamidge, in Worcester, 1765.

Notes:

Written in the first person, but in fact by Daniel Defoe.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T70633.

OCLC:

642666666