Mary Anne - Daphne du Maurier

By Daphne du Maurier

Release Date: 2021-01-10

Genre: Classics

4.5 (7 ratings)
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 later the central figure in a political corruption scandal, the repercussions of which ultimately led to her downfall.

Mary Anne - Daphne du Maurier

By Daphne du Maurier

Release Date: 2021-01-10

Genre: Classics

4.5 (7 ratings)
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 later the central figure in a political corruption scandal, the repercussions of which ultimately led to her downfall.

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