DM
produced her anonymous pamphlet A True Narrative of What Pass'd at the Examination of the Marquis De Guiscard
, at the Cock-pit, the 8th of March, 1710/11.
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
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Textual Production
Delarivier Manley
The occasion for this six-penny pamphlet
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
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was de Guiscard
's trial for attempted murder of the Prime Minister, Robert Harley
. Swift
wrote the first page and DMcook'd it into
Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii.
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completion.
Timeline
8 March 1711
The marquis de Guiscard
stabbed Robert Harley
, leader of the government, in an attempt to kill him.