Frances Nolan

The Jacobite Duchess

Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnell, C.1649-1731

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Produktbeschreibung

The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell and Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781783276141
• ISBN-10: 1783276142
• Artikelnr.: 61259431

Autorenporträt

Frances Nolan

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Notes on the text Introduction 1. 'The malicious little gipsy': early life
c.1649-1665 2. 'Hambleton is now going into France': marriage
motherhood and migration
1666-1676 3. 'Ruined beyond redemption'?: widowhood
remarriage and returning
1676-1686 4. 'That caballing humour': a political woman
1687-1690 5. 'Every one's eye is watching': treason
forfeiture and exile
1691-1699 6. 'Always a plane dealor': changing fortunes and life in the Low Countries
1700-8 7. 'A duchess-nun'?: family
faith and finance in old age
1708-1730 8. 'Albion's fairest plant': death and legacy Appendix A: Duchess of Tyrconnell's family tree Appendix B: Books in the possession of the duchess of Tyrconnell in Dublin
transported from her apartment in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye Appendix C: David Nairne's 'Cyffer w[i]th the D[uche]sse of Tyrconnel
5th August 1702' Bibliography Index