It is my great pleasure to host an extract of Charmian Kenner’s new book Revolutionary Partners: Sarah Andrews and British Campaigners for Latin American Independence. Charmian Kenner sets the scene: Naomi’s blog about Thomas Cochrane and Kitty Barnes told the story of a daring Scottish naval captain and his young bride, who eloped in 1812. […]
Guest blogs
Abduction and Rape in 18th-Century London: The Multiple Misfortunes of Charlotte Williams by Joanne Major and Sarah Murden
This girl had guts.
Lady Georgiana Lennox and her adventures with the 1st Duke of Wellington
An enduring and intriguing friendship.
In sickness and in health: a late Georgian aristocratic marriage – John Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, and Mary Elizabeth Townshend
Surprising for an aristocratic match.
The Bloody Countess: A guest post by Catherine Curzon
Read about the vengeful Hanoverian Clara Elisabeth von Platen
Catherine Tylney-Long: A quadruple-barrelled surname was never going to work
An heiress makes a disastrous mistake. A guest post by Mike Rendell.
Marie Antoinette’s Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe by Geri Walton
The sweet-natured aristocrat came to a dreadful end.
Elopement in high life: Anne Wellesley and Lord Charles Bentinck
Guest bloggers Sarah Murden and Joanne Major on the elopement of Anne Wellesley, the wife of Sir William Abdy, and Lord Charles Bentinck in 1815.
Madame de Genlis: a most unusual educator
Geri Walton contributes a guest post about educationist Madame de Genlis, gouvernour to the children of the Duke of Chartres in the 18th century.
A visit from Madame Gilflurt: The mystery of the Duke of Cumberland’s valet
Catherine Curzon (aka Madame Gilflurt) pays a visit to tell us about the shocking attempt on the life of the Duke of Cumberland…
12 facts about prisons and punishment in the 18th century
Fascinating guest post by Anna M. Thane
