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Perdita - The Life of Mary Robinson (Paperback)
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Perdita - The Life of Mary Robinson (Paperback)
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Loot Price R385
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Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social
circles of late 18th-century England. One of the most flamboyant
women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was
marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a
middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas
Robinson. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby
in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and
met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. On her
release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of
the day, famously playing Perdita in 'The Winter's Tale' for a rapt
audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love
with her. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail.
This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating
portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage,
a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the
most powerful men in England, and yet whose fortunes were
nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered
through recklessness, excess and passion.
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