Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen

Biographies of twenty-one notable women of the seventeenth century, compiled using their correspondence, and originally published in 1844.

Louisa Stuart Costello (Author)

9781108019903, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 October 2010

430 pages, 6 b/w illus.
21.6 x 2.4 x 14 cm, 0.54 kg

Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870) was a poet and artist who supported her family with her paintings. As well as writing a number of historical novels, Costello researched and wrote the biographies of many prominent women, using their letters and diaries to tell their extraordinary stories. This third volume chronicles the lives of twenty-one women including Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Featuring letters between Elizabeth Cromwell and her husband, this biography gives a personal dimension to one of the most volatile periods in British history and covers the life of the Lady Protectress after her husband's death. Also included is an account of playwright and actress Susanna Centlivre who allegedly attended lectures at Cambridge University dressed as a man, and wrote numerous well-received comic plays. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=costlo

15. Anastasia Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby
16. The Countess of Desmond
17. Elizabeth Cromwell and her daughters
18. Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson
19. Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
20. Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland
21. Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset
22. Lady Rachel Russell
23. Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle
24. Anne, Countess of Winchelsea
25. Mrs. Katherine Philips
26. Jane Lane
237 Anne Killigrew
28. Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel
29. Mary Beale
30. Anne Clarges, Duchess of Albemarle
31. Lady Mary Tudor
32. Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
33. Anne Scott, Duchess of Monmouth
34. Stella and Vanessa
35. Susannah Centlivre.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX]