To her many friends and visitors Lady Blessington soon added the exiled Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
, John Forster
, and in the early 1840s, Charles Dickens
.
Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. Downey.
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After Louis Napoleon's escape...
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Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
She requested a salary of £800 a year, but settled for £250 for six months. John Forster
, who succeeded Dickens as editor, declined to renew the position.
Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. Downey.
