By her marriage EM
acquired wealth and improved her social standing. Edward Montagu was a grandson of the first Earl of Sandwich
(admiral and patron of Samuel Pepys
). He owned mines in the rapidly-developing...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Ann, Lady Fanshawe
ALF
begins her text by addressing her son in the tone of a homily: he is to profit by his father
's example. Thereafter, though her focus remains always on her husband, she has some...
