Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi

by Michael Franklin

Immensely proud of her aristocratic Welsh ancestry, Hester Lynch was one of the most talented female authors of the long eighteenth century. A friend to the leading lights of the era, including Samuel Johnson, David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, and more, she was the single salonni re with the wit and intellect to rival Johnson and (even more important) to be accepted as the glittering foil to Elizabeth Montagu, the "Queen of the Bluestockings." The first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786835401
• ISBN13: 9781786835406
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"