| Evidence: | 'I have read your Reyne Margerite and will retourne it you when you please. If you will have my opinion of her, I think she has a good deale of witt . . . But the storry of Mademoisell de Tournon, is soe sad that when I had read it I was able to goe noe further, and was faine to take up something else to divert my self withall'. |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1653 and 28 Feb 1653 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Bedfordshire specific address: Chicksands Priory |
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| Reader: | Dorothy Osborne |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1627 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Marguerite de Valois |
| Title: | Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Paris, 1628 (in French) |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 12275 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Dorothy Osborne | |
| Editor: | Kenneth Parker | |
| Title: | Letters to Sir William Temple | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 57 | |
| Additional comments: | The 'storry of Mademoisell de Tournon' referred to is included in the Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite, the text being read. |
| Citation: | Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple (London, 1987), p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12275, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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