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THE| Secret History,| OF| Queen ZARAH,| AND THE| Zarazians;| BEING A| Looking-glass| FOR| – – – – – – – – – – –| In the Kingdom of| ALBIGION.| [rule]| Faithfully Translated from the Italian Copy| now lodg'd in the Vatican at Rome, and ne-|ver before printed in any Language.| [rule]| Albigion, Printed in the Year 1705.| [rule]| Price Stich'd 1 s. Bound 1 s. 6 d.
[2 vols. sep. pag.] p.[i] Title/ p.[iv-xxiv] preface/ p.1-119/ p.[120] blank/ 2: p.[1] Title vol. 2/ p.[3-8] preface/ p.9-142/ [2] pp. blank/ 12°.
{L: 1081.d.11} +{L: G.13994}.
Title: "Secret History"; 1: Bl.A2r: "Little History"; 2: p.[7]: "a Romantick Tale of a Tub, tho' some People, I cannot tell from what Grounds, are positive there is some Truth in it".
1 s. each vol.
Preface after Belegarde, text anonymous. The 20th century critical discussion often attributed the text to Delariver Manley (the 1711-edition, published "by Way of Appendix to the New Atalantis" seemed to state this - see, however, Deliarivier Manley's own words in Atalantis, pt.2 (1709), and in her Rivella (1714). Style und narrator's tone much rather imply a male author with distinctive cynism. Cf. also P. Köster (1971), p.x.
See J. L. Sutton jr. (1984). See for the treatise our parallel edition of the text in its major transformations at Marteau's Publishing House.
| — | a. | [Du Plaisir,] Sentiments sur les lettres et sur l'histoire avec des scruples sur le style (Paris, 1683). |
| — | a. | [Paraphrase:] Morvan De Bellegarde, Jean Baptiste, Lettres curieuses de littérature et de morale (Paris: Jean & Michel Guignard, 1702). {L: 1085.d.6} |
| b. | [...] (La Haye: Adrian Moetjens, 1702): {L: 1085.d.7}. |
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| c. | [...] seconde édition, revue et corrigée (Amsterdam: H. Schelte, 1707): {L: 8403.aaa.15}. | |
| d. | [...] troisième édition revûe (La Haye: G. De Voys, 1720): {L: 8403.aaa.16}. | |
| — | a. | The Letters of Monsieur l'Abbe de Bellegarde to a Lady of the Court of France, on some Curious and Useful Subjects (London: George Strahan, 1705). |
| A. | a. | Preface to  Queen Zarah - independent tanslation with small modifications. |
| B. | a. | Preface to Histoire secrète de la reine Zarah et des Zaraziens, ou la Duchesse de Marlborough démasquée. Avec la clef pour l’intelligence de cette histoire (Oxford: Alexandre le Vertueux, 1708)- new version following D.] |
| b. | Preface to Histoire secrète de la reine Zarah et des Zaraziens (Oxford, Alexandre le Vertueux, 1711). |
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| C. | a. | Preface to Die entdeckte geheime Histoire von der Königin Sahra (Haag: H. Petkio, 1712). |
| A. | 1-2.a. | The Secret History, of Queen Zarah (Albigion, 1705): {L: 1081.d.11} {L: G.13994}.
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| b. | [with the exception of title page - identical print] The Secret History of Queen Zarah [...] by Way of Appendix to the New Atalantis (1711). |
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| c. | [...] (1743) [ESTC: n022291]. | |
| d. | [...] the fourth edition (1745) without preface]: {L: 1419.c.48 [with manuscript genealogy of the Marlborough familiy]}. | |
| e. | [...] fourth edition (1749): {L: 292.f.2.(4)}. |
followed the original 1705 edition - some offer the original preface, some alternative prefaces, some an appendix:
| B. | a. | Histoire secrète de la reine Zarah et des Zaraziens, ou la Duchesse de Marlborough démasquée. Avec la clef pour l'intelligence de cette histoire (Albigion: Alexandre le Vertueux. 1708): {7: 8.H.BRIT.UN.III,6090} |
| b. | [...] A OXFORD,| Chez ALEXANDRE LE VERTUEUX,| à la Pierre de touche 1711. [...]. [With original preface.] |
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| c. | [...] A OXFORD,| Chez ALEXANDRE LE VERTUEUX,| à la Pierre de Touche.| [rule]| M. DCC. XI. [...]. [Without original preface.] |
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| d. | [...] (1712): {7: 8.H.BRIT.UN.III,6091} {L: 1080.b.18}. | |
| e. | [...] (1713): {L: G.13993}. |
After the French:
| C. | a. | Die entdeckte geheime Histoire von der Königin Sahra (Haag: H. Petkio, 1712). |
Preface about "Romances", "Little Histories", "little Pieces", "Historical Novels". - With the help of her mother Zarah [Sarah Jennings], tricks Hippolito [Marlborough] into marriage. As confidante of Albania [the future Queen Anne] Zarah and her husband seize the kingdom's power. The beginning offers much prudence used in intrigues and a narrator relishing in commenting on the story. Politics [from the 1680s to 1705] become the most important theme, 2: p.99-132: satirical "Digression" on humane society, the qualities of politicians and courtiers, the roles of husbands and wifes and the connections of esprit, judgement and taste in paintings, music, women and dishes, with nature, social status and education. Merciless narrator quite in line with the cynism of his "Digressions". The French editions offer a valuable
Rolando (Charles II); Clelie (Duchess of Cleveland); Albano (Duke of York), Albania (Daughter of York, i.e. Anne); Mulgarvius (Buckingham); Onelio (Tirconel); Volpone (Godolphin); Cambrio (Pretender, Prince of Wales); Aurantio (William III); Aurantie (his wife); Durantion (Feversham); Solanno (Sunderland); Salopin (Shrewsburry); Roffensis (Rochester); Luinus (Rialton); Obornius (Leeds); Danterius (Nottingham); Devonius (Devonshire); Canutius (Kent); Sommerius (Sommerset); Lunarius (Mohun); Ormondo (Ormonde); Tounario (Townshend); Aranio (Albermale); Solana (Marlborough's daughter, married to Sunderland); Montecuto (Montague); Hippolite (Marlborough's daughter married to Monthermer); Tonnerius (Cooper); Foeski (Defoe); Eruscus (Brumli); Roffensia (Madame Rochester); Carragio (Cardonell, Marlborough's secretary); Walterius (Walter); Cadogonius (Cadogan); Wodstochia (Woodstock); Artonia (Wharton).
Deutsche Acta Eruditorum, 6/7 (1712),p.539-48/ 578-80.
?Paulini, Antonio, Curieuses Bücher-Cabinet, 24 (Köln/ Frankfurt, 1714).
Köster, Patricia (ed.), The Novels of Mary Delariviere Manley, 1-2 (Gainsville, Florida, 1971).
Sutton, John L., Jr., "The Source of Mrs. Manley's Preface to Queen Zarah", Modern Philology: A Journal Devoted to Research in Medieval and Modern Literature, 82.2 (1984), p.167-172.
Simons, Olaf, Marteaus Europa oder Der Roman, bevor er Literatur wurde (Amsterdam, 2001), p.173-79, 218-256.
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