Summerscale Kate: Mrs Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On a winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party in Edinburgh's New Town. The rich widow Lady Drysdale was a vivacious hostess, the centre of an energetic intellectual scene. In the high, airy drawing rooms Isabella was at once enchanted by Lady Drysdale's handsome son-in-law, Edward Lane. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so…