Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton

First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber.

Publicat pentru prima data in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton este un roman istoric care are loc in Anglia de la sfarsitul secolului al XVII-lea. Acesta spune povestea Barbara Skelton, o tanara bine nascuta prinsa intr-o casnicie fara dragoste, care gaseste scapare din plictiseala vietii ei ducand o viata dubla ca talhar de autostrada.