Mary Robinson - Lyrical Tales: 'The proud inheritor of Heav's's best gifts, The mind unshackled and the guiltless soul''

by Mary Robinson

Book Overview

Mary Robinson was born in Bristol, England on 27th November 1757.

Her father, Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, deserted her mother, Hester, for his mistress when Mary was still a child. Without the support of her husband, Hester Darby supported her five children by opening a school for young girls in Little Chelsea, London, (where Mary was teaching by her 14th birthday). On a short return to the family, Captain Darby had the school closed which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787804062
• ISBN13: 9781787804067
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Portable Poetry
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"