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Sex, Scandal, and Celebrity in Late Eighteenth-Century England /

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This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinservik, Matthew J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:New Middle Ages.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
British and Irish Literature.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literature, general.
Medieval Literature.
British literature.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature, Modern > 18th century.
Literature.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book tells the story of the bitter feud between the Duchess of Kingston and the actor, Samuel Foote, which resulted in a pair of scandalous trials in London in the revolutionary year of 1776.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780230604803
DOI:10.1057/9780230604803