Author: Julian Crowe
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783529229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Mary Ann Hunn is known to history as the disreputable actress mother of the politician George Canning, a footnote to his story. Many books have been written about George, perennially controversial, which either ignore his mother, or dismiss her with a few patronising words. But here, using her own 65,000-word memoir, and the remarkable 47-year correspondence between mother and son, supplemented by the scattered testimony of contemporaries, this new work uncovers the hidden history of a strong, passionate and intelligent woman. It’s a story of hardship, humiliation and resilience; of a mother and son forced to follow widely different paths over half a century, never entirely reconciled, and yet never losing their natural affection for each other. Mary Ann’s marriage to a penniless poet, her fifteen years in the theatre, her eleven pregnancies – all play into the texture of their long and intense relationship. Mary Ann read and admired Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman on publication and her own story provides a vivid illustration of those ideas. Her father, husbands, lover, father-in-law – all the men in her life, were weak, selfish, and inadequate, and yet society placed her in their power, helpless except for her own strength of character. Only George didn’t quite let her down, and although she felt he did not love her enough, in the end she admitted that in her long, eventful life the balance of good predominated – ‘For George Canning is my Son’. This is the story of a woman's struggle to survive in the man's world of late Georgian England. It makes a fascinating contribution to the history of the provincial theatre and our understanding of attitudes to the stage, and shines important new light on the background and character of George Canning, one of the dominant and most intriguing political figures of the early nineteenth century. But at its heart is the story of a mother who lost her son when he was six and spent the next half century struggling to regain her place in his life.
George Canning Is My Son
Author: Julian Crowe
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783529229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Mary Ann Hunn is known to history as the disreputable actress mother of the politician George Canning, a footnote to his story. Many books have been written about George, perennially controversial, which either ignore his mother, or dismiss her with a few patronising words. But here, using her own 65,000-word memoir, and the remarkable 47-year correspondence between mother and son, supplemented by the scattered testimony of contemporaries, this new work uncovers the hidden history of a strong, passionate and intelligent woman. It’s a story of hardship, humiliation and resilience; of a mother and son forced to follow widely different paths over half a century, never entirely reconciled, and yet never losing their natural affection for each other. Mary Ann’s marriage to a penniless poet, her fifteen years in the theatre, her eleven pregnancies – all play into the texture of their long and intense relationship. Mary Ann read and admired Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman on publication and her own story provides a vivid illustration of those ideas. Her father, husbands, lover, father-in-law – all the men in her life, were weak, selfish, and inadequate, and yet society placed her in their power, helpless except for her own strength of character. Only George didn’t quite let her down, and although she felt he did not love her enough, in the end she admitted that in her long, eventful life the balance of good predominated – ‘For George Canning is my Son’. This is the story of a woman's struggle to survive in the man's world of late Georgian England. It makes a fascinating contribution to the history of the provincial theatre and our understanding of attitudes to the stage, and shines important new light on the background and character of George Canning, one of the dominant and most intriguing political figures of the early nineteenth century. But at its heart is the story of a mother who lost her son when he was six and spent the next half century struggling to regain her place in his life.
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783529229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Mary Ann Hunn is known to history as the disreputable actress mother of the politician George Canning, a footnote to his story. Many books have been written about George, perennially controversial, which either ignore his mother, or dismiss her with a few patronising words. But here, using her own 65,000-word memoir, and the remarkable 47-year correspondence between mother and son, supplemented by the scattered testimony of contemporaries, this new work uncovers the hidden history of a strong, passionate and intelligent woman. It’s a story of hardship, humiliation and resilience; of a mother and son forced to follow widely different paths over half a century, never entirely reconciled, and yet never losing their natural affection for each other. Mary Ann’s marriage to a penniless poet, her fifteen years in the theatre, her eleven pregnancies – all play into the texture of their long and intense relationship. Mary Ann read and admired Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman on publication and her own story provides a vivid illustration of those ideas. Her father, husbands, lover, father-in-law – all the men in her life, were weak, selfish, and inadequate, and yet society placed her in their power, helpless except for her own strength of character. Only George didn’t quite let her down, and although she felt he did not love her enough, in the end she admitted that in her long, eventful life the balance of good predominated – ‘For George Canning is my Son’. This is the story of a woman's struggle to survive in the man's world of late Georgian England. It makes a fascinating contribution to the history of the provincial theatre and our understanding of attitudes to the stage, and shines important new light on the background and character of George Canning, one of the dominant and most intriguing political figures of the early nineteenth century. But at its heart is the story of a mother who lost her son when he was six and spent the next half century struggling to regain her place in his life.
The History of the Squares of London
Author: Edwin Beresford Chancellor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle
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ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Gentleman's Magazine
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new publications, a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs, a summary of monthly events, vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), preferments, commodity prices. Samuel Johnson contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new publications, a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs, a summary of monthly events, vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), preferments, commodity prices. Samuel Johnson contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ...
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
GEORGE CANNING IS MY SON
Author: JULIAN CROWE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783529230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783529230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, 1608-1620
Author: George Hill
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5876338281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5876338281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The Life and Letters of George William Frederick
Author: Sir Herbert Maxwell
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Life and Letters of George William Frederick, Fourth Earl of Clarendon
Author: Sir Herbert Maxwell
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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