![]() ![]() The story is well told by Julia Franklin who has a pleasing and clear voice. ![]() This book is well researched and also offers new material on the life of Harriet, Duchess of Suffolk, friend to many of the great men of letters of the age, of Whig politicians and a witness of an age. Her life, though difficult, not least because of her brute of a husband, was a fascinating account of this period. ![]() Harriet was Woman of the Bedchamber so moved in court circles. This was a period of letter writing and diaries, as well as gossip, so was well documented and used to great effect in telling this story. She knew and corresponded with many of the great men of letters of her age like John Gay, Alexander Pope and Dean Swift as well as friends like Lord Chesterfield. It was a period of great change in England beginning with the end of the reign of Queen Anne and ending with her death in the reign of George III. Henrietta Howard (1689-1767) led a long and full life spanning much of the 18th Century. ![]()
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