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Harriette Wilson Lady of Pleasure

Valerie Grosvenor Myer

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Description:Harriette Wilson's scandalous memoirs were the sensation of 1825. Mothers forbade their daughters to read them. Libel actions followed.Harriette, in a rollercoaster career, slept with gentlemen for money. Then, in middle age, she sent blackmail letters demanding £200 from each of her clients to leave them out of her proposed 'kiss and tell' book. The Duke of Wellington is credited with replying: 'Publish and be damned'. Lord Craven, the Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Worcester also refused to pay up. Lord Brougham of Vaux, Harriette's legal advisor and later Lord Chancellor, bought her silence - as did King George IV. Valerie Grosvenor Myer has unearthe fresh details about these and other now-forgotten aristocrats, who crowded into her opera box - and her bed.This is the first biography of Harriette Wilson for over 60 years. Based on the unbowlderised version of her own earthy but sparkling text, it reveals a spicy pot-pourri of the high-rolling, promiscuous Regency society, with its dandies, gamblers, eccentrics, swndlers, pugilists and procurers, and the 'demireps' of whom Harriette was undrowned queen.'Harriette's story could not have been more triumphantly unzipped, or more shamelessly and enjoyably displayed. Totally compulsive reading.' - Sue Limb'Brilliant ... reads like a nove ... the Gabor sisters of the Regency'. - Julia BarrettWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harriette Wilson Lady of Pleasure. To get started finding Harriette Wilson Lady of Pleasure, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 178

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Fern House

Release: 1999

ISBN: 0952489791

Description: Harriette Wilson's scandalous memoirs were the sensation of 1825. Mothers forbade their daughters to read them. Libel actions followed.Harriette, in a rollercoaster career, slept with gentlemen for money. Then, in middle age, she sent blackmail letters demanding £200 from each of her clients to leave them out of her proposed 'kiss and tell' book. The Duke of Wellington is credited with replying: 'Publish and be damned'. Lord Craven, the Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Worcester also refused to pay up. Lord Brougham of Vaux, Harriette's legal advisor and later Lord Chancellor, bought her silence - as did King George IV. Valerie Grosvenor Myer has unearthe fresh details about these and other now-forgotten aristocrats, who crowded into her opera box - and her bed.This is the first biography of Harriette Wilson for over 60 years. Based on the unbowlderised version of her own earthy but sparkling text, it reveals a spicy pot-pourri of the high-rolling, promiscuous Regency society, with its dandies, gamblers, eccentrics, swndlers, pugilists and procurers, and the 'demireps' of whom Harriette was undrowned queen.'Harriette's story could not have been more triumphantly unzipped, or more shamelessly and enjoyably displayed. Totally compulsive reading.' - Sue Limb'Brilliant ... reads like a nove ... the Gabor sisters of the Regency'. - Julia BarrettWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Harriette Wilson Lady of Pleasure. To get started finding Harriette Wilson Lady of Pleasure, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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