The life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. A story of love, sex, and high drama set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and formative period of English history, this is also the story of an exceptional and courageous rebel against an age in which women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste.
The life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck. A story of love, sex, and high drama set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and formative period of English history, this is also the story of an exceptional and courageous rebel against an age in which women were expected to be obedient, silent, and chaste.
Johanna Luthman is an associate professor of history at the University of North Georgia. Originally from Sweden, Luthman has studied and worked in the United States since the early 1990s, receiving her doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta. Her work focuses on the Tudor and Stuart eras, specifically on issues of love, sex, and marriage. Her previous publications include Love, Lust and License in Early Modern England: Illicit Sex and the Nobility (2008), published under the name Johanna Rickman. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Dr. Marko Maunula.
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on Dates and Spelling List of Illustrations List of Persons Prologue 1: Contentious Origins 2: The Marriage-Merry-Go-Round 3: Marriage and Madness 4: Enter the Lover 5: The Legal Troubles 6: Counters and Convictions 7: Town and Country 8: Frances in France 9: Endings Epilogue Appendix: Family Trees Notes Bibliography
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on Dates and Spelling List of Illustrations List of Persons Prologue 1: Contentious Origins 2: The Marriage-Merry-Go-Round 3: Marriage and Madness 4: Enter the Lover 5: The Legal Troubles 6: Counters and Convictions 7: Town and Country 8: Frances in France 9: Endings Epilogue Appendix: Family Trees Notes Bibliography
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