In manuscript this novel, planned in the same early period as St. Clair, extended to six volumes, transcribed for its author by a young admirer, Francis Crossley
.
Campbell, Mary. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora.
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She later said that...
Family and Intimate relationships
Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan
During Sydney Owenson's young years a series of infatuated young men pursued her, including the youthful poet Thomas Dermody
, and Francis Crossley
, her volunteer amanuensis, who later became an army officer in India...