1 8 1 4 ▁her ▁only ▁work ▁of ▁fiction , ▁entitled ▁Lor imer , ▁a ▁T ale . ▁Those ▁were ▁just ▁early ▁efforts , ▁but ▁her ▁reputation ▁was ▁gained ▁wh olly ▁by ▁historical ▁works ▁published ▁between ▁ 1 8 1 8 ▁and ▁ 1 8 4 3 : ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ( 1 8 1 8 ); ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁James ▁I . ▁( 1 8 2 2 ); ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁Charles ▁I . ▁( 1 8 3 3 ); ▁and ▁the ▁Life ▁of ▁Add ison ▁( 1 8 4 3 ). ▁The ▁last ▁of ▁these , ▁containing ▁many ▁letters ▁of ▁Add ison ▁never ▁before ▁published , ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁an ▁ess ay ▁by ▁Mac a ul ay , ▁who ▁while ▁pra ising ▁A ik in ' s ▁other ▁works , ▁and ▁especially ▁her ▁Mem oir s ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁James ▁I , ▁observed ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁" far ▁more ▁at ▁home ▁among ▁the ▁r uff s ▁and ▁pe aked ▁be ards ▁of ▁The ob ald s ▁than ▁among ▁the ▁ste enk irks ▁and ▁flow ing ▁peri wig s ▁which ▁surrounded ▁Queen ▁Anne ' s ▁tea ▁table ▁at ▁Ham pton ." ▁▁ ▁Of ▁her ▁other ▁mem oir s , ▁she ▁herself ▁wrote ▁on ▁comple ting ▁her ▁Charles ▁I , ▁" I ▁am ▁resolved ▁against ▁proceed ing ▁farther ▁with ▁English ▁so ver eign s . ▁Charles ▁II ▁is ▁no ▁theme ▁for ▁me : ▁it ▁would ▁make ▁me