Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740 - 1832
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099477112 (0099477114)
Publish date: March 2nd 1995
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
This is a well-researched and engagingly written group biography of four sisters, daughters of a duke and great-granddaughters of King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses. Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox all wrote to each other (and third parties) constantly, leaving a trove of ...
Interesting read about a remarkable group of sisters whose lives spanned France, England and Ireland.
Wow that was great fun. Tillyard does a terrific job of telling the stories of the lives of the Lennox sisters. The lives are eventful and full of human drama and historical interest. The book is absorbing and very entertaining but its not dumbed down or oversimplified. One little knitpicky deta...
This is the story of four daughters of the second Duke of Richmond. Great-granddaughters of King Charles II, wealthy, titled, and intimate with the political leaders of the realm, the Lennox sisters were envied by many and watched by all. Their story lasts almost a century; it "begins in 1744, as ...