Peter James Bowman
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Apart from that, this biography of a sussex baronet's daughter in the early 19th century, who faces family opposition to her choice of husband, is moderately interesting. It's not about historical celebrities - at one point, her landlord is Shelley's father, at another, she goes to a ball attended by Jane Austen's brother - but it uses heavy quotation of letters and diaries to bring ordinary regency/early victorians to life.
The classism was intense and the horror of mesalliance alienating to the point I hated the read so that is also an aspect of the book.… (mehr)