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'A wise and witty biography . . . Wilson produces glinting one-liners that pin her subject down.'
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'Frances Wilson draws on an impressive range of contemporary sources to distinguish fact from fiction.'
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I wouldn't class this as a popular biography but as an academic work with plenty of notes and sources cited, so it isn't a light read but one that does demand attention especially given the number of people whom figure in Harriette's life.
I found it an amazing piece of historical detective work and aside from illuminating the life and times of Harriette Wilson I found it also gave some insight into the changing mores of the late 18th/early 19th centuries.
I especially appreciated the illustrations from Harriette Wilson's Memoirs and the portraits of various players in the narrative.
I found I zipped through it but then I am quite familiar with the period. I think it is one likely to appeal to those interested in the cultural history of the period.
I found it an amazing piece of historical detective work and aside from illuminating the life and times of Harriette Wilson I found it also gave some insight into the changing mores of the late 18th/early 19th centuries.
I especially appreciated the illustrations from Harriette Wilson's Memoirs and the portraits of various players in the narrative.
I found I zipped through it but then I am quite familiar with the period. I think it is one likely to appeal to those interested in the cultural history of the period.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a masterful scholarly piece of detective work by Frances Wilson. Not only has she told the Harriette Wilson story with such feeling,her family and her acquaintance with so many of the Regency higher echelon come so alive its impossible not to see them in your minds eye.
The mention of the many places which featured in her life is a further bonus to the. Then and Now buffs
A brilliant read for any 18th and 19th century historian.
DC
The mention of the many places which featured in her life is a further bonus to the. Then and Now buffs
A brilliant read for any 18th and 19th century historian.
DC
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author has really done justice to this biography, resisting I am sure the temptation to `sex' the book up, which would have been totally wrong and also unnecessary. This is a wickedly funny biography, a story of a woman, whose name many people will never have heard. It is the life story of Harriette Wilson, who became one of the most famous and most sought after courtesans in the whole of England.
Harriette's beauty was a rare sight to behold when many women, even of a young age were disfigured with pox marks or the loss of their teeth and any of the other multitude of diseases prevalent at the time.. But apart from being beautiful she was intelligent and funny. The author has managed to draw from a multitude of sources, which have enabled her to distinguish fact from fiction. Although having said that, Harriette led such an extraordinary life that at times the book reads more like a novel than a biography.
Harriette Wilson had a sensational and at the same time scandalous life. She was nobody's fool and when her former lovers, some of the most important men in Regency London, including the King himself and no less than four prime minister turned against her, Harriette knew exactly how to take her revenge upon them.
Harriette's beauty was a rare sight to behold when many women, even of a young age were disfigured with pox marks or the loss of their teeth and any of the other multitude of diseases prevalent at the time.. But apart from being beautiful she was intelligent and funny. The author has managed to draw from a multitude of sources, which have enabled her to distinguish fact from fiction. Although having said that, Harriette led such an extraordinary life that at times the book reads more like a novel than a biography.
Harriette Wilson had a sensational and at the same time scandalous life. She was nobody's fool and when her former lovers, some of the most important men in Regency London, including the King himself and no less than four prime minister turned against her, Harriette knew exactly how to take her revenge upon them.
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Sex and Scandal in Regency England
A fascinating tale: if all of this had happened in our times, two centuries later, the tabloid press would have been kept busy for years! Read more
Published 22 months ago by richol
Tiresome
The cover of the book gives a false impression of the period, suggesting that Harriette Wilson was a late eighteenth century rather than a Regency courtesan. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2008 by charleygirl
Surprisingly boring, actually..
I was disappointed in this book; it's a period of history in which I am interested and I was expecting it to be fascinating but the story just never came to life at all and felt... Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2008 by Becky Sharpe
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