Life mask / Emma Donoghue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834--Fiction.

Smith-Stanley, Edward.

Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834.

Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829.

London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.

London (England).

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1749-1828--Fiction.

Damer, Anne Seymour.

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations).

Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829--Fiction.

Farren, Elizabeth.

Courts and courtiers--Fiction.

Courts and courtiers.

Women sculptors--Fiction.

Women sculptors.

Actresses--Fiction.

Actresses.

Nobility--Fiction.

Nobility.

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Love stories.

Physical Description:

650 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2004]

Summary:

The bestselling author of Slammerkin vividly brings to life the Beau Monde of late eighteenth-century England, turning the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world on the brink of revolution. The Honourable Mrs. Anne Damer is a young widow of eccentric tastes, the only female sculptor of her time. The Earl of Derby, inventor of the horse race that bears his name, is the richest man in the House of Lords, and the ugliest. Miss Eliza Farren, born a nobody, now reigns as Queen of Comedy at Drury Lane Theatre. In a time of looming war and terrorism, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones, and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby's pride endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? Will Anne Damer ever silence the whispers of Sapphism that have haunted her since her husband's death?

Contents:

I Primary View 1

II Struts 92

III Life Mask 156

IV Cire Perdue 202

V Multiple View 268

VI Tool Marks 336

VII Ecorche 421

VIII Armature 492

IX Relict Cast 573.

ISBN:

0151009430

OCLC:

54425112