She now sought the friendship of those in political power, like James Craggs
, Charlotte Clayton
, and members of the royal family. But she was closest to outsiders like Lady Stafford
(an almost certainly...
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Susanna Centlivre
Though she dedicated The Gotham Election to the Whig politician James Craggs
the younger, its exposé of English election procedures (supposedly designed to educate the new monarch) might easily be read as satirising primarily Whigs...
