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The bestselling author of Slammerkin vividly brings to life the Beau Monde of late eighteenth-century England, turning the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world on the brink of revolution. In a time of looming war, of glittering spectacle... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anne Darner: Add a description of this character.
- Eliza Farren
- Lady Mary
- Mary Berry
- Mr Walpole
- Sheridan
- John
- Fox
- Anne Damer
- Pitt
- Georgiana
- Bunbury
- O'hara
- Kemble
- Drury Lane
- Mrs Piozzi
- Mrs Siddons
- Prinny
- Fawkener
- Mrs Hobart
- Mayfair
- Derby
- Jack Palmer
- Strawberry Hill
- Lady Ailesbury
- Dora Jordan
- Pigott
- Sam
- Harry
- Peter
- Burke
- Lawrence
- George
- Dick Edgcumbe
- Brooks
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- Richmond House Theatre
- France
- Knowsley
- Park Place
- Paris
- Portland
- Gibraltar
- Italy
- Lady Melbourne
- Green Street
- Grosvenor Square
- Lisbon
- Thalia
- Britain
- North Audley Street
- Prince Of Wales
- Twickenham
- Haymarket
- Spain
- Bedford
- Cumberland
- Berkeley Square
- Hyde Park
- Dorset
- Bognor
- Eton
- Ireland
- America
- Europe
- Egremont
- Goodwood
- Whitehall
- Versailles
- Florence
- Great Queen Street
- Piccadilly
- Marylebone
- India
- Bow Window House
- Norfolk
- Epsom
- Dublin
First Sentence edit
Several of our Correspondents have written to enquire exactly what is meant by that familiar phrase, the World.
Table of Contents edit
1. Primary View
2. Struts
3. Life Mask
4. Cire Perdue
5. Multiple View
6. Tool Marks
7. Ecorche
8. Armature
9. Relict Cast
Author's Note
Dramatis Personae
Authors & Contributors edit
- Emma Donoghue (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 978-0151009435
Page Count: 672
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 978-0151009435
Page Count: 672
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6054.O547L54
- Dewey: 823.914
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