Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress And a Future King - Couverture rigide

Tomalin, Claire.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670841595 ISBN 13 : 9780670841592

Editeur : Viking, 1994

Synopsis

414p hardback with dustjacket, notes, bibliography, index, tables, colour plates, immaculate condition, as new

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role off-stage as lover to the future king, William IV, third son of George III. In fact, Dora bore no less than ten children and the couple lived happily in a villa on the Thames until William bowed to pressure and abandoned her. Making full use of Dora's letters to William, Claire Tomalin vividly re-creates the royal, political and theatrical worlds of late eighteenth-century England. The story of how Dora moved between stage and home, of how she battled for her family and her career makes a classic tale of royal perfidy and womanly courage. ‘Intelligent, finely made and wonderfully readable. As gripping as the best fiction.’ Jan Dalley, Independent on Sunday.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her generation, Dora Jordan played a quite different role offstage as the mistress of one of the sons of George lll. Dora bore him ten children, and they lived in quiet happiness in Bushy Park on the Thames until the unexpected news arrived of his ascendancy to the throne as William lV - at which point he was forced to abandon her. Claire Tomalin vividly recreates the political, theatrical and royal worlds of the late eighteenth century. The story of how Dora moved between stage and home, of how she battled for career and family, makes for a classic tale of royal perfidy and womanly courage.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0670841595
• ISBN 13: 9780670841592
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 440