Harriette Wilson's memoirs / selected and edited with an introduction by Lesley Blanch

By:

Wilson, Harriette [author]

Contributor(s):

Blanch, Lesley [compiler, editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Phoenix, 2003Description: 472 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraitsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1898799679

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DDC classification:

Summary: "These are the memoirs of the reigning courtesan of Regency London whose patrons included most of the distinguished men of her day, from the Duke of Wellington to Lord Byron. Hard-pressed for money in middle age, she sold her memoirs after offering to edit out any lovers who paid her the sum of £200 ... Publish and be damned!' cried the Duke of Wellington. She did and she was."--Cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section	Circulation	C 92 W748h 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	120305d

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"These are the memoirs of the reigning courtesan of Regency London whose patrons included most of the distinguished men of her day, from the Duke of Wellington to Lord Byron. Hard-pressed for money in middle age, she sold her memoirs after offering to edit out any lovers who paid her the sum of £200 ... Publish and be damned!' cried the Duke of Wellington. She did and she was."--Cover.

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