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For conditions, please view our photographs: A tragic drama from English poet and writer John Masefield, who was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. Pages clean and bright. 

A King’s Daughter: A Tragedy in Verse (1923) is a play by English poet and writer John Masefield about the biblical Queen Jezebel, focusing on her reign in Samaria, her relationship with her husband King Ahab, and her struggles with political and religious turmoil. The play explores themes of duty, sacrifice, and the conflict between personal desires and political obligations, all conveyed through Masefield’s distinct lyrical verse. 

John Edward Masefield OM ( 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. Among his best known works are the children’s novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and the poems “The Everlasting Mercy” and “Sea-Fever”. Shortly after his death his house (Burcote Brook) burned down and was later replaced by a Cheshire Home named after him.