Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

Kate Summerscale

303 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party. Her carriage drew up at 8 Royal Circus, a grand sandstone house lit by gas lamps. This was the home of the rich widow Lady Drysdale, a vivacious hostess whose soirees were the centre of an energetic int...

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