Life and surprising adventures of Mary Anne Talbot, in the name of John Taylor, a natural daughter of the late Earl Talbot : comprehending an account of her extraordinary adventures in the character of foot-boy, drummer, cabin-boy, and sailor : also of her many very narrow escapes in different engagements, while in the land and sea services, and of the hardships which she suffered while under the cure of the wounds received in the engagement under Lord Howe, June 1, 1794, &c., &c., &c, 1809 /

Written in a literate style, Talbot's melodramatic narrative contains both real and fictional examples of her life and adventures as the male character, John Taylor, and as such belongs to the 18th century genre of sensational memoirs. Talbot (1778-1808) describes her colourful life as a sailor...

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