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The Queens of Society - In Two Volumes, Vol. II (Paperback)
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The Queens of Society - In Two Volumes, Vol. II (Paperback)
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A strange fancy took them, however, for the manner of passing their
afternoons. After dinner they seated themselves round a table, and,
in complete silence wrote to each other charming little notes
containing the ideas that were passing in their minds. The "Penny
Post," as they called it, so completely absorbed them, that they
did not interrupt it, even when strangers came in. -from "Madame de
Sta l" A queen of society is a woman who, by force of her
reputation, good management, abilities, manners, and even her rank
and fortune commands a circle of persons of eminence, of fashion,
and of celebrity. So say "Grace and Philip Wharton"-a dual
pseudonym for one writer, British author KATHERINE BYERLEY THOMSON
(1797-1862), who also wrote the three-volume Memoirs of the
Jacobites of 1715 and 1745-by way of introduction to this charming
two-volume collection of biographies of some of the most marvelous
women of their day. In Volume II we meet: Madame R camier Lady
Hervey Madame de Sta l Mrs. Thrale-Piozzi Lady Caroline Lamb Anne
Seymour Damer La Marquise du Deffand Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu Mary,
Countess of Pembroke La Marquise de Maintenon First published in
1861, this is a replica of the beautifully illustrated 1890 second
edition. It will delight readers of aristocratic lives and fans of
modern fabulosity.
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