Box, Muriel. Rebel Advocate. Victor Gollancz, 1983.
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Mary Anne Clarke
Standard Name: Clarke, Mary Anne
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Stockdale | His specialities were scandal, pornography, and blackmail. He was an attacker of the alleged profiteer Mary Anne Clarke
, and claimed to have given her protector the Duke of York
the idea of getting hold... |
| Textual Features | Daphne Du Maurier | The novel was set during the period when King George III
was suffering from mental incapacity, and his eldest son
was Regent.Mary Anne Clarke
, who was mistress to the king's second son, was... |
| Textual Production | Muriel Box | MB
's first contact with her future second husband arose out of correspondence about legal matters canvassed in this book. |
| Textual Production | Daphne Du Maurier | DDM
published her historical novel, Mary Anne, about the scandalous career of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke
. Forster, Margaret. Daphne du Maurier. Chatto and Windus, 1993. 274 TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. 2727 (7 May 1954): 304 |
Timeline
31 January 1809
The House of Commons
held a hearing on Mary Anne Clarke
's alleged selling, for her own profit, of positions in the army.
25 October 1809
A celebration was held for George III
's silver jubilee (coincidentally the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt).