Blessington's past made her notorious, as did her continuing association with Count D'Orsay
. Her biographer J. Fitzgerald Molloy
claims there was no foundation to the rumours that the two were lovers; editor Ernest J. Lovell
Friends, Associates
Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
Anna Maria Hall
, who called frequently, said that whatever might be true as to the scandal, Marguerite Blessington never lost an opportunity of doing a gracious act, or saying a gracious word.
Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. 4th ed., Downey, 1896.
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Marguerite Gardiner Countess of Blessington
This periodical's fuller title was The Literary Gazette; and Journal of Belles Lettres; the book form of The Magic Lantern followed the same year (before the end of June), together with Blessington's Sketches and...
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Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. 4th ed., Downey, 1896.