Mrs D: The Life of Anne Damer (1748-1828)

by Richard Webb

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Born 1748 to a life of luxury, Anne Conway was subjected to an arranged marriage, in 1767, to a husband she neither knew nor liked. Without him, she enjoyed the high life and with Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire became one of the It girls of swinging London 1775. 1776 brought abrupt change. As the age of revolution gathered pace, Anne's husband John Damer went bankrupt, and committed suicide. Anne turned to sculpting. She modelled friends and family, their animals, and public heroes including Admiral Nelson. Living through a further half century of revolution, she mixed sculpture, with acting, writing,...Read more
  • ISBN10 1858585007
  • ISBN13 9781858585000
  • Publish Date September 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Brewin Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 369
  • Language English