Peter James Bowman
Auteur de The Fortune Hunter: A German Prince in Regency England
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 31
- Popularité
- #440,253
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
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- 1
Apart from that, this biography of a sussex baronet's daughter in the early 19th century, who faces family opposition to her choice of husband, is moderately interesting. It's not about historical celebrities - at one point, her landlord is Shelley's father, at another, she goes to a ball attended by Jane Austen's brother - but it uses heavy quotation of letters and diaries to bring ordinary regency/early victorians to life.
The classism was intense and the horror of mesalliance alienating to the point I hated the read so that is also an aspect of the book.… (plus d'informations)