The History of Sir Richard Calmady

Lucas Malet, the pen name of Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852–1931), was a noteworthy figure in English literature during the turn of the 20th century. Daughter of Charles Kingsley, the famed writer of 'The Water-Babies', she established herself independently in the literary world with her novel 'The History of Sir Richard Calmady' (1901). Her work embodies the transition from Victorian to modernist w...