| Evidence: | 'I have seen nothing new, & have been reading the Memoirs of Mde de Maintenon in French, which are exceedingly entertaining'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 4 Dec 1792 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Chelsea College |
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| Reader: | Sarah Harriet Burney |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Aug 1772 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | daughter of music historian Charles Burney; later writer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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: | Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle |
| Title: | Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de Madame de Maintenon |
| Genre: | Fiction, fake memoirs |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned owned by Charles Burney |
| Record ID: | 17534 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Sarah Harriet Burney | |
| Editor: | Lorna J. Clark | |
| Title: | Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Athens GA / London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 3 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, The (Athens GA / London, 1997), p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17534, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| letter to Miss Young, 4th Dec. 1792. Book was a forgery by Beaumelle, not known to be so until 1865. |
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