(1972), An Elizabethan Garland, page: 90, publisher: AMS Press, ISBN: 978-0-404-07965-9 reprint of 1953 1st edition; last 10 words of quote
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The most elaborate of these revels were those of Christmas 1594, of which we have a detailed, somewhat tedious account — for what amused the Elizabethans does not much amuse us (Shakespeare and Ben Jonson excepted).
— A. L. Rowse
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About A. L. Rowse
Alfred Leslie Rowse CH FBA FRSL FRHistS (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British historian and author of books about England's Elizabethan era.
About A. L. Rowse
Alfred Leslie Rowse CH FBA FRSL FRHistS (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British historian and author of books about England's Elizabethan era.
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