As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil: The Impossible Life of Mary Benson by Rodney Bolt

As Good as God, as Clever as the Devil: The Impossible Life of Mary Benson

Rodney Bolt

362 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
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Young Minnie Sidgwick was just 12 years old when her cousin, 23-year old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little Minnie--as Mary Benson--to preside over Lambeth Palace, and a social worl...

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