This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... of the Duke of St. Alban's--Arrival of Mademoiselle de Que'rouaille--Death of the Duchess of Orleans--Nelly's house in Pall Mall--Countess of Castlemaine created Duchess of Cleveland--Sir John Birkenhead, Sir John Coventry, and the Actresses at the two Houses--Insolence of Dramatists and Actons--Evelyn overhears a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... of the Duke of St. Alban's--Arrival of Mademoiselle de Que'rouaille--Death of the Duchess of Orleans--Nelly's house in Pall Mall--Countess of Castlemaine created Duchess of Cleveland--Sir John Birkenhead, Sir John Coventry, and the Actresses at the two Houses--Insolence of Dramatists and Actons--Evelyn overhears a conversation between Nelly and the King--The Protestant and Popish Mistresses-rStory of the Service of Plate--Printed Dialogues illustrative of the rivalry of Nelly and the Duchess of Portsmouth--Madame Sevigne's account of it--Story of the Smock--Nelly in mourning for the Cham of Tartary--Story of the two Fowls--Portsmouth's opinion of Nelly--Concert at Noll's house--The Queen and la Belle Stuart at a Fair disguised as Country Girls--Births, Marriages, and Creations--Nelly's disappointment--Her witty Remark to the King--Her son created Earl of Burford, and betrothed to the daughter and heiress of Vere, Earl of Oxford. On the 8th of May, 1670, while the court was on its way to Dover to receive and entertain the Duchess of Orleans, Nell Gwyn was delivered of a son in her apartments in Lincoln's Inn Fields. The father was King Charles II. and the son was called Charles Beauclerk. The boy grew in strength and beauty, and became a favourite with his father. Where the child was christened, or by whom he was brought up, I have failed in discovering. There is reason to believe that Sir Fleetwood Sheppard, the friend of the witty Earl of Dorset, was his tutor, and that the poet Otway was in some way connected with his education To Sheppard one of the best of the minor poems of Prior is addressed. In the suite of followers attending the beautiful Duchess of Orleans to Dover came Louise Renee de Penencourt de Querouaille, a girl of nineteen, of a noble but...
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Fair. No Jacket. Hardback portfolio, no dust-wrapper. 152pp. Etched frontis. This is no.15 of a limited edition of only 100 copies. Unbound as issued. Boards worn, now lacking ties to portfolio. Some top edges uncut. Occasional grubby mark to pages. Private ownership. (bs15)
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo, brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, newspaper cuttings attached to endpaper, shelfworn, black stain on front cover, pages clean inside. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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