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the Extraordinary Life of Lady Anne Barnard
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Current format, Book, 2017, First American edition, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsDraws on six volumes of unpublished memoirs to chronicle the life of Lady Anne Barnard, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century poet and painter, who lived on her own terms and defied the conventions of her day.
Having been given access to the private papers of Lady Anne Barnard, including six volumes of unpublished memoirs, the author chronicles the amazing life of this 18th- and 19th-century poet and painter, who lived on her own terms and defied the conventions of her day.
Taylor, an author and a former journalist in the UK, provides a biography of Scottish writer, artist, and socialite Lady Anne Barnard (1772-1825). She wrote one of the most popular ballads of the time, “Auld Robin Grey”; associated with the Prince of Wales, Edmund Burke, and Samuel Johnson; had affairs with prominent men but married an army officer much younger than her; lived and traveled alone; and moved to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and wrote her memoirs. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The first major biography of eighteenth-century writer and socialite Lady Anne Barnard.
Born in Scotland in 1750, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. She wrote one of the most popular ballads of her day, captivated Sir Walter Scott with her poetry, rubbed shoulders with the Prince of Wales, and dazzled Samuel Johnson with her repartee. Lady Anne’s charisma and talent were undeniable; she was well known as both a beauty and a wit. However, she was also seen as an eccentric—an artist defined by her defiance of convention.Lady Anne had romantic affairs with several prominent men, but she married none of them. She preferred to live independently—even traveling alone to Paris during the upheaval of the French Revolution. When she did marry, it was to an impoverished army officer many years her junior. The pairing scandalized polite society. Hounded by gossip, the couple escaped to the Cape Colony—England’s first African possession—where Lady Anne painted the vibrant landscapes and penned her memoirs. An indefatigable diarist, she proved herself one of the extraordinary chroniclers of the era.Defiance
Having been given access to the private papers of Lady Anne Barnard, including six volumes of unpublished memoirs, the author chronicles the amazing life of this 18th- and 19th-century poet and painter, who lived on her own terms and defied the conventions of her day.
Taylor, an author and a former journalist in the UK, provides a biography of Scottish writer, artist, and socialite Lady Anne Barnard (1772-1825). She wrote one of the most popular ballads of the time, “Auld Robin Grey”; associated with the Prince of Wales, Edmund Burke, and Samuel Johnson; had affairs with prominent men but married an army officer much younger than her; lived and traveled alone; and moved to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and wrote her memoirs. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The first major biography of eighteenth-century writer and socialite Lady Anne Barnard.
Born in Scotland in 1750, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. She wrote one of the most popular ballads of her day, captivated Sir Walter Scott with her poetry, rubbed shoulders with the Prince of Wales, and dazzled Samuel Johnson with her repartee. Lady Anne’s charisma and talent were undeniable; she was well known as both a beauty and a wit. However, she was also seen as an eccentric—an artist defined by her defiance of convention.Lady Anne had romantic affairs with several prominent men, but she married none of them. She preferred to live independently—even traveling alone to Paris during the upheaval of the French Revolution. When she did marry, it was to an impoverished army officer many years her junior. The pairing scandalized polite society. Hounded by gossip, the couple escaped to the Cape Colony—England’s first African possession—where Lady Anne painted the vibrant landscapes and penned her memoirs. An indefatigable diarist, she proved herself one of the extraordinary chroniclers of the era.Defiance
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