Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson. Paula Byrne

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Название Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson
Автор произведения Paula Byrne
Жанр Биографии и Мемуары
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       Perdita

      THE LIFE OF MARY ROBINSON

      PAULA BYRNE

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       DEDICATION

       In memory of my grandmother,another Mary Robinson

       EPIGRAPH

      I was delighted at the Play last Night, and was extremely moved by two scenes in it, especially as I was particularly interested in the appearance of the most beautiful Woman, that ever I beheld, who acted with such delicacy that she drew tears from my eyes.

      (George, Prince of Wales)

      There is not a woman in England so much talked of and so little known as Mrs Robinson.

      (Morning Herald, 23 April 1784)

      I was well acquainted with the late ingenious Mary Robinson, once the beautiful Perdita … the most interesting woman of her age.

      (Sir Richard Phillips, publisher)

      She is a woman of undoubted Genius … I never knew a human Being with so full a mind – bad, good, and indifferent, I grant you, but full, and overflowing.

      (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

      I am allowed the power of changing my form, as suits the observation of the moment.

      (Mary Robinson, writing as ‘The Sylphid’)

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

       DEDICATION

       EPIGRAPH

       9. A Very Public Affair

       10. The Rivals

       11. Blackmail

       12. Perdita and Marie Antoinette

       13. A Meeting in the Studio

       14. The Priestess of Taste

       15. The Ride to Dover

       16. Politics

       PART THREE: WOMAN OF LETTERS

       17. Exile

       18. Laura Maria

       19. Opium

       20. Author

       21. Nobody

       22. Radical

       23. Feminist

       24. Lyrical Tales

       25. ‘A Small but Brilliant Circle’

       P.S. IDEAS, INTERVIEWS & FEATURES …

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

       Q AND A WITH PAULA BYRNE

       LIFE AT A GLANCE

       TOP TEN BOOKS

      ABOUT THE BOOK

       CELEBRITY

      READ ON

       HAVE YOU READ?

       IF YOU LOVED THIS, YOU MIGHT LIKE …

       FIND OUT MORE

       EPILOGUE

       APPENDIX: THE MYSTERY OF MRS ROBINSON’S AGE

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS