| Evidence: | 'I have really been so occupied with the sorrows of Mary Queen of Scots you must excuse my not have written before. I had always read the other side except in Hume, & was surpised at the conviction Robertson seems to carry in every line of her guilt. His must be a very immoral book for in spight [sic] of that one always feels so very much interested for her.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1808 and 24 Apr 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lady Caroline Lamb |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | socialite, novelist, inflential member of the Whig political elite |
| 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?e Caroline Ponsonby |
| Author: | William Robertson |
| Title: | History of Scotland |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8607 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby) | |
| Editor: | Paul Douglass | |
| Title: | The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 38 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to Lady Bessborough dated 24 April 1808. |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb (New York, 2006), n/a, p. 38, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8607, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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