Dazzlingfull of special delights. Harman excels in the vivid presentation of scenes, the selection of detail[a] marvellous and beautifully written book. Elspeth Barker, Independent on Sunday At the age of fifteen, Fanny Burney made a bonfire of all her works, with the sincere intention to extinguish for ever in their ashes her scribbling propensity. She was anxious that she might turn into an author, a fate incompatible for a woman with respectability. Her hope was in vain. Not only was she to write four novels (Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla and The Wanderer), all of which are still in print, she also kept a voluminous diary for the next seventy years and was a prolific letterwriter. Daughter of the eminent music historian Dr Charles Burney friend of Sheridan, Garrick, Burke and Johnson second keeper of the robes to George IIIs Queen Charlotte wife to a refugee French aristocrat detained for ten years in revolutionary France horrified witness of the aftermath of Waterloo victim of a mastectomy without anaestheticFanny Burneys life was as eventful as any novel.

Binding: N/A;476 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Classification: N/A; Weight: 543.65 g; Dimensions: N/A

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