Sheridan's Nightingale: Story of Elizabeth Linley (Allison & Busby biography) by Chedzoy, Alan

Allison and Busby, 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Very good. Allison and Busby, 1997, 322 pages, trade paperback, no underlining or owner's mark, light wear.

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London: Allison and Busby. Near Fine. 1998. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . First printing of paperback edition. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; 322 pages; The young Elizabeth Linley was the finest soprano of her day, capable of earning the vast sum of ?1,000 a year from her singing. The destitute Richard Sheridan, not yet the famous playwright, married her and then wouldn't allow his wife to pursue her career, as it was unseemly for the wife of a gentleman to appear on the stage. A rich, moving portrait of a woman, first admired then worshipped, but ultimately imprisoned by her beauty, talent and the prevailing mores of the time. .

Allison & Busby, 1997. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. xiv+322pp, 4pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy. Biography of the soprano Elizabeth Linley [ 1754 - 1792 ] who eloped with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan to France - under the guise of escaping an older suitor. Sheridan was supposed to be escorting her to a convent, ijnstead the two married & sparked controversy in England as both were under the then age for marriage consent.

London, England: Allison & Busby Ltd, 1998. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback, Second Edition, 550gms, 618 pages. In his second biography, Alan Chedzoy presents us with a rich, moving portrait of a woman, first admired then worshipped, but ultimately imprisoned by her beauty, talent and the prevailing mores of the time. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Allison & Busby. Fair. Paperback. 1998. 322 pages. faded spine & cover, minor wear, sticker residue<br> <br><p><strong>SHERIDAN'S NIGHTINGALE: The Story of Elizabeth Lin ley</strong> <br /><br />by Alan Chedzoy<br /><br />Allison &amp; Busby, UK, 1998 <br />ISBN 9780749003418<br />trade pb, 322pp<br /><br />FAIR: faded spine &amp; cover, minor wear, sticker resid ue<br ... .

London England: A & B., 1998. On a wild night in March 1772, a small vessel put out to sea from Kent heading for Dunkirk. Aboard was eighteen-year-old Eliza Linley, the finest soprano in England. She was fleeing from a rich, elderly but unwanted admirer. Guarding her was the young Richard Brinsley Sheridan, a feckless adventurer, desperately in love but too diffident to admit it. Their destination was a convent where Eliza would be safe. They did not reach it. Instead they embarked upon one of the most discussed marriages of the eighteenth-century..........(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.