Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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Letter from Lady Blessington to Lord Lyndhurst
Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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A Life of Lord Lyndhurst from Letters and Papers in Possession of His Family
Author: Theodore Martin
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Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
Author: Susan Matoff
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 161149592X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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This new biography of Lady Blessington, the first in more than eighty years, illuminates the private and public life of this important but neglected salonnière and author. This study enriches our knowledge of the social, political, and literary history of the post-Romantic and early Victorian era. It examines Lady Blessington’s close friendships with politicians and writers, especially Edward Bulwer Lytton and Benjamin Disraeli. Statesmen, diplomats, writers, and artists were her constant visitors, as they found her friendship and conversation invaluable to their professional and social lives. The circumstances of a life lived in luxury and indulgence changed upon the death of Lady Blessington’s husband, forcing her to support herself and several dependents with her writing. Throughout this biography, Lady Blessington’s voice is evident and should reawaken scholarly and popular interest in her voluminous works. She wrote twenty novels in genres including silver-fork fiction, psychological drama, and verse narrative. She also produced four travel books, many short stories, and numerous poems and edited the popular literary gift annuals Heath’s Book of Beauty and The Keepsake. This book reveals the humanity of a woman whom contemporary gossip considered scandalous because of her alleged relationship with her stepdaughter’s estranged husband, Count D’Orsay. Lady Blessington’s struggle in the face of many challenges is an inspiring story of individual strength. It is a tale of a woman whose legacy of integrity, determination, and sheer hard work provides us with enlarged insights into an era and society often overlooked by history.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 161149592X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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This new biography of Lady Blessington, the first in more than eighty years, illuminates the private and public life of this important but neglected salonnière and author. This study enriches our knowledge of the social, political, and literary history of the post-Romantic and early Victorian era. It examines Lady Blessington’s close friendships with politicians and writers, especially Edward Bulwer Lytton and Benjamin Disraeli. Statesmen, diplomats, writers, and artists were her constant visitors, as they found her friendship and conversation invaluable to their professional and social lives. The circumstances of a life lived in luxury and indulgence changed upon the death of Lady Blessington’s husband, forcing her to support herself and several dependents with her writing. Throughout this biography, Lady Blessington’s voice is evident and should reawaken scholarly and popular interest in her voluminous works. She wrote twenty novels in genres including silver-fork fiction, psychological drama, and verse narrative. She also produced four travel books, many short stories, and numerous poems and edited the popular literary gift annuals Heath’s Book of Beauty and The Keepsake. This book reveals the humanity of a woman whom contemporary gossip considered scandalous because of her alleged relationship with her stepdaughter’s estranged husband, Count D’Orsay. Lady Blessington’s struggle in the face of many challenges is an inspiring story of individual strength. It is a tale of a woman whose legacy of integrity, determination, and sheer hard work provides us with enlarged insights into an era and society often overlooked by history.
Letter from Lady Blessington to Sir Robert Peel
Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington
Author: Richard Robert Madden
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Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Pages : 572
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Letter from Lady Blessington to Lord Robertson
Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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Life and Letters of the First Earl of Durham, 1792-1840
Author: Stuart Johnson Reid
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Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Pages : 546
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Letter from Lady Blessington to Lord Wellesley
Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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The Literary Life and Corrispondence of the Countess of Blessington R. R. Madden
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Pages : 582
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Letters from Lady Blessington to Lord Houghton
Author: Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
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