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17 de feb. de 2000 · L'auteure construit son roman autour du portrait de son arrière grand-mère, Mary Anne Clarke, de basse extraction et qui devint grâce à ses charmes et son intelligence, la maîtresse du Duc d'York, Frédéric, fils du roi George III et en charge des armées à la fin du XVIIIème siècle mais aussi de biens d'autres hommes afin de pouvoir mener grand train et pour assurer à ses enfants un ...
2 de abr. de 2024 · Mary Anne passed away on April 1, 2024 in Aberdeen, SD. Mary Anne was born in Bristol, South Dakota to John and Lena Erwick, Norwegian immigrants, on June 30, 1931. She grew up in Bristol and graduated from Bristol High School in 1950. She went on to school at the Aberdeen School of Commerce where she excelled in secretarial skills.
Nata Mary Anne Thompson , divenne l'amante del Duca nel 1803 quando era comandante in capo dell'esercito britannico. Nel 1809 scoppiò uno scandalo nazionale quando si scoprì che aveva venduto commissioni militari. Il duca è costretto a dimettersi, ma in seguito viene esonerato dalla responsabilità. MA Clarke è stata citata in giudizio per ...
This portrait. Mary Anne Clarke is best remembered for her central role in the 1809 scandal involving the sale of army commissions which forced the Duke of York's resignation as army commander-in-chief. In this miniature on ivory she appears as the Duke's mistress and her shapely form and pale skin are shown to advantage by a thin muslin gown.
Clarke was bought off by the monarchy for £7,000 and a stipend of £400 a year. Fredrick had to tender his resignation from the army, although he was subsequently reinstated. The extraordinary threat this working-class woman had briefly posed to the royal family elicited several other comparisons with dangerous females in classical mythology.
28 de mar. de 2012 · A novel, quite openly based on actual historical records relating to Miss du Maurier's great, great grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke. It is made to order material for a colorful period novel, a sort of feminine rake's progress, in which the reader's sympathies are patently enlisted on the side of Mary Anne despite her record. From an insecure slum childhood, when she had to trick her elders in ...
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