In the late 1600s, Lucy Hutchinson wrote Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, recounting the life of her late husband, Colonel John Hutchinson of Owthorpe, who had served under Cromwell. I was struck by a long section in which she describes her husband to their children. It is vivid, reverent, and deeply affectionate. She clearly thought the world…
A Wife Remembers
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