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...
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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...
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Muriel Box
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's first contact with her future second husband arose out of correspondence about legal matters canvassed in this book.
Box, Muriel. Rebel Advocate. Victor Gollancz, 1983.
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The work itself fulfilled the aim of Femina Books
: to produce titles with...
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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.