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A Political Biography of Delarivier Manley

Rachel Carnell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Sep '08

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A Tory pamphleteer, playwright and satirical historian, Delarivier Manley was regarded by her contemporaries Jonathan Swift and Robert Harley as a key member of the Tory propaganda team. This biography offers details about her life, including evidence about three illegitimate children by John Tilly, Governor of Fleet Prison.

'Carnell's research is meticulous ... a highly useful addition to our knowledge about late Restoration and very early eighteenth century political culture.' Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer 'a biography with much to offer: the portrait of Manley that emerges is thorough and presents new information on her life and writings.' The Scriblerian

ISBN: 9781851968572

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 589g

320 pages