An infamous mistress : the life, loves and family of the celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott
Major, Joanne2016
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Divorced wife, infamous mistress, prisoner during the French Revolution and the reputed mother of the Prince of Wales' child, notorious courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott lived an amazing life in 18th and early 19th century London and Paris. Strikingly tall and beautiful, later lampooned as 'Dally the Tall' in newspaper gossip columns, she left her Scottish roots and convent education behind, to re-invent herself in a 'marriage a-la-mode', but before she was even legally an adult she was cast off and forced to survive on just her beauty and wits. The authors of this engaging and, at times, scandalous book intersperse the story of Grace's tumultuous life with anecdotes of her fascinating family, from those who knew Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and who helped to abolish slavery, to those who were, like Grace, mistresses of great men.
Main title:
An infamous mistress : the life, loves and family of the celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott / Joanne Major & Sarah Murden.
Author:
Major, Joanne, authorMurden, Sarah, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 245 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473844834 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.07092
LC class:
DA506.E44
Local class:
B.ELL
Language:
English
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BRN:
1511843
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