Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: A Biography of Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: A Biography of Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton Book

Mistress Peachum was Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress who was the original Polly Peachum in John Gayâ??s celebrated play, The Beggarâ??s Opera. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations; however, she enjoyed only a few months of fame before she caught the eye of the Duke of Bolton, a married aristocrat, and her life of glamour became ever more scandalous. With a cast of politicians and pickpockets, highwaymen and whores, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure brilliantly illuminates the interplay between the theater and the social and political climate of 18th-century London.Read More

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  • 0297847686
  • 9780297847687
  • Lisa Hilton
  • 14 April 2005
  • Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 256
  • First Edition
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