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The Gentleman's Daughter
The Gentleman's Daughter | Amanda Vickery
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What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? In this lively and controversial book, Amanda Vickery invokes women's own accounts of their intimate and their public lives to argue that in the eighteenth and early (…more)
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The Gentleman's Daughter | Amanda Vickery
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Had a bit of a "women's history" splurge on Ardis...
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LeahBergen Nice!! I have the Margery Kempe (isn‘t it a beauty?) 6y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen it is, such a striking cover 6y
Emilymdxn I adore margery kempe so much!!! Is it the original language? 6y
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Moray_Reads @Emilymdxn sadly not, at least the spelling had been modernised 6y
Emilymdxn @Moray_Reads do you know which translation it is? I know a new translation came out like 2 years ago that I haven‘t read but is meant to be amazing 6y
Moray_Reads @Emilymdxn this edition is from 2004 edited by BA Windeatt 6y
Emilymdxn @Moray_Reads I used that edition at uni! I really like it 6y
Moray_Reads @Emilymdxn I've seen the original on dismay at the BL but I've never read it. Looking forward to it! 6y
kspenmoll Gorgeous editions! 6y
batsy Those are beautiful books 💙 6y
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