| Evidence: | 'I know not what Prince Leopold will say to it [the character of Athelstane]. He had a bad cold and Sir Robert Gardiner went to keep him company and read "Ivanhoe" to him last Saturday. He was so delighted he would not let him leave off till one in the morning, and entered with the zeal of a contemporary into the Saxon cause'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1820 and 11 Feb 1820 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening night |
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| Place: | other location: home of Prince Leopold | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Robert Gardiner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Prince Leopold |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | Ivanhoe |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20478 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Louisa Stuart | |
| Editor: | R. Brimley Johnson | |
| Title: | Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1926 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 172 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 172, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20478, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Letter to Louisa Clinton. |
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