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demonstrates that England’s rise did not come at the expense of the Dutch as is commonly thought

Published by the Morgan Library & Museum in association with Paul Holberton Publishing

The manuscript then passed through several owners before Pierpont Morgan acquired it in the 1890s

and instead traces the historical sources of their multilayered in-jokes and political

This book was published to accompany an exhibition on view at The Frick Collection from April 16 to July 14

Jane Eyre Medieval Money demonstrates that England’s rise didIntelligent and resolute, heroine Jane Eyre survives grim hardship, seeks her own path, and weathers the storms of passion in an intimate, complex classic that changed the course of literary fiction. Charlotte Bronte, one of three legendary literary sisters, drew on the darkness in her own life to write wildly successful fiction. Jane Eyre became a model for many intimate first person novels, a groundbreaking concept at the time. When first published,