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Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: The Life of Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton

  • Author: Lisa Hilton
  • ISBN 10: 0297847686
  • ISBN 13: 9780297847687
  • Edition: First
  • Release: March 1, 2006
  • Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
  • List Price: $35.00
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    List Price: $35.00

    Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Leaders & Notable People, Royalty,

    Book Description:
    Mistress Peachum was Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress who was the original Polly Peachum in John Gay’s celebrated play, The Beggar’s Opera. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations; however, she enjoyed only a few months of fame before she caught the eye of the Duke of Bolton, a married aristocrat, and her life of glamour became ever more scandalous. With a cast of politicians and pickpockets, highwaymen and whores, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure brilliantly illuminates the interplay between the theater and the social and political climate of 18th-century London.

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