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Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales

 

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Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis : Mademoiselle de La Fayette : ou le siecle de Louis XIII

'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of Louis XIII and Anne d'Autriche. The colouring of the characters has proved a very happy effort of genius, and, after my taste and my humble judgment, I think it one of the best that she ever wrote, except 'Les Voeux Temeraires'.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales      Print: Book

  

Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis : Les voeux temeraires : ou L' enthousiasme

'I send you a new novel of Madame de Genlis' 'Mademoiselle de la Fayette'. I think it will interest and amuse you at the same time. The subject is taken from the reign of Louis XIII and Anne d'Autriche. The colouring of the characters has proved a very happy effort of genius, and, after my taste and my humble judgment, I think it one of the best that she ever wrote, except 'Les Voeux Temeraires'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales      Print: Book

  

George Gordon, Lord Byron : [possibly lines from 'The Corsair' =- 'Weep, Daughter of a Royal Line']

'As you like sometimes high treason, I send you a copy of the verses written by Lord Byron on the discovery of the bodies of Charles the First and Henry the Eighth: you may communicate it to any of your friends you please'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline, Princess of Wales      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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