All For Love: The Scandalous Life and Times of Royal Mistress Mary Robinson - Softcover

Elyot, Amanda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451222970 ISBN 13: 9780451222978

Publisher: NAL, 2008

Synopsis

A fictional portrait of eighteenth-century British actress Mary Robinson follows her life from the harsh poverty of debtors' prison, to the glamour, success, and scandal of the London stage, to her shocking public affair with the Prince of Wales, to her subsequent career as a poet, novelist, and ardent supporter of women's rights. By the author of Too Great a Lady. Original.

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From Publishers Weekly

Historical romance queen Elyot shines her light on Mary Darby Robinson (1758–1800), who, during her brief life, burned with a passionate intensity. Born to a successful British merchant who abandoned the family, Mary nonetheless enjoyed an education that nurtured her passion for prose, poetry and drama. Elyot convincingly evokes the ambivalence Mary feels at 15 as she struggles with her mother, who pleads that she give up her upcoming acting debut to marry Tom Robinson, the supposed heir of a rich uncle. After doing as she's told, Mary suffers the first of many romantic disappointments, all the while finding refuge in her poetry and other writings. Tom's philandering and financial irresponsibility finally return her to the stage, and there the auburn-haired beauty catches the eye of the Prince of Wales. Mary's daring and anguished existence is truly the stuff of novels—her own writings, particularly her feminist essays, were acclaimed in her lifetime—and Elyot's telling of her life, in Mary's voice, honors her legacy. (Feb.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: NAL
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0451222970
• ISBN 13: 9780451222978
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448