Read My Heart
Sir William Temple (1628–99), the son of a staunch Parliamentarian, was just 20 when he first met Dorothy Osborne (1627–96), the daughter of committed Royalists. Smitten with one another, Temple and Osborne launched a clandestine courtship, for six long and at times desperate years, before they were finally able to marry. This was an age of tremendous social and political change in Britain. Civil ...
Sir William Temple (1628–99), the son of a staunch Parliamentarian, was just 20 when he first met Dorothy Osborne (1627–96), the daughter of committed Royalists. Smitten with one another, Temple and Osborne launched a clandestine courtship, for six long and at times desperate years, before they were finally able to marry. This was an age of tremendous social and political change in Britain. Civil ...
