Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Thomas Dangerfield
Standard Name: Dangerfield, Thomas
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| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Aphra Behn | Maria, the beautiful, speechless protagonist of The Dumb Virgin, has an elder sister, Belvidera, who is visibly deformed in limb: both disabilities are due to their mother's emotional state at their birth, to a... |
| Textual Features | Elizabeth Cellier | In narrating her life and religious-political activities, EC
presents a likeably tough and feisty character. She points out, however, that she has preserved the modesty though not the timorousness of her sex, and hopes her... |
| politics | Elizabeth Cellier | The double agent Willoughby (otherwise Thomas Dangerfield
) had concealed the evidence in order to incriminate her. Interrogated in Newgate PrisonNewgate Prison, EC
proved bold and disrespectful of authority. She was, she said, not the... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Lucy Herbert | Lady Powis (as she was until 1689) |
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