Mary Anne - Daphne du Maurier • BookLikes (ISBN:0330248391)

Mary Anne

by: Daphne Du Maurier (author)

In the glittering, corrupt world of Regency London, Marry Anne Clarke had beauty, brains and wit - but no money. Spurred on by the demands of a drunken husband, a wastrel brother and four children, she chose an exacting profession, aimed for the top - and soon became the mistress of the Duke of York. For her family she raised a fortune by selling military commissions. The scandal rocked the country from palace to Parliament. The Duke was disgraced, the Royal Family shamed....

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780330248396 (0330248391)

Publish date: 1979

Publisher: Pan

Pages no: 381

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery, Modern Classics, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, Regency, Gothic

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helenliz rated it

12 years ago

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Can't quite decide between 3 & 4 stars. This tells the tale of Du Maurier's great great grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, who was mistress to the Duke of York. She was then pivotal in the investigation into the sale of commissions that took place in the House of Commons. A novelised biography, the firs...

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Kim Reads and Bakes rated it

13 years ago

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This is the story of Daphne du Maurier’s great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke, born into a poor family in the East End of London, married at fifteen and the mother of four children by the time she was twenty-three. Mary Anne became a notorious courtesan and mistress of the Duke of York and was...

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jemidar rated it

13 years ago

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Although I would have previously sworn that it was impossible for du Maurier to write a bad book, this one comes periously close and although it had all the right elements; good story, fascinating real life people, great period setting, royalty, scandal etc it just never really came together for me....

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Bettie's Books rated it

13 years ago

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Glowing recs from Pat and Barb

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Reading a Thousand Lives rated it

13 years ago

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Rated generally lower than I expect to rate Daphne du Maurier because it didn't really have the...same atmosphere I come to expect from her from reading My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca. But it's always nice to read about Maurier's heroines, they're always well written and Mary Anne is no different, she...

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