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Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson; 3 April 1776 – 21 June 1852) was the mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Their relationship began in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the army. Later in 1809, she wrote her memoirs which were published.
Not surprisingly, Mary Anne Clarke’s body, fashion choices, and theatricality feature prominently in representations that center on her feminine duplicity and dangerous sexuality. Clarke’s attempts to represent herself as an innocent heroine are parodied through references to her role as a mistress and her desire for fame and luxury.
Daphne du Maurier's novel Mary Anne (1954) is a fictionalised account of the real-life story of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, née Thompson (1776-1852). It was published by Gollancz in the UK and by Doubleday in the US.
However, like four of his five brothers, he was an adulterer, and he became entangled with the attractive adventuress Mrs. Clarke, whose lavish lifestyle he subsidised from his civil list income. He separated from her in 1805, buying her silence with an annual pension, but he cancelled this in 1808 and Mrs. Clarke sought payback.
3.43. 2,594 ratings308 reviews. She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures first into the scurrilous world of the pamphleteers.
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6 de oct. de 2015 · Entre los antepasados de Daphne du Maurier se encuentra Marie Anne Clarke -que fue amante del duque de York, hijo segundo del monarca inglés George III-. Su existencia novelesca con una vida intensa inspiraron a la autora para esta novela en gran parte histórica y con complementos ficcionales.
Presents a novel based on the life of the author's great-great-grandmother Mary Anne Clarke, a young woman who passed herself off as a widow after her husband was institutionalized for...
