"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage, a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the most powerful men in England, and yet whose fortunes were nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered through recklessness, excess and passion. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail. On her release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of the day, famously playing Perdita in The Winter’s Tale for a rapt audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love with her. Andrew Bridgeford 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry ( 2004) In domestic captivity, physical barriers to escape are rare. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson ( 2004) He remembers his long captivity at Bayeux. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas Robinson. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late-eighteenth-century England.
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