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Jane Austen's remarkable Aunt Philadelphia Hancock : 'a girl of genius and feeling' / Jan Merriman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Merriman, Jan, author.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hancock, Philadelphia, 1730-1792.
Hancock, Philadelphia.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Family.
Austen, Jane.
Socialites--England--Biography.
Socialites.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates.)
Place of Publication:
South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword History, 2024.
Contents:
Family and childhood: 1730-1745
The Milliner's apprentice: 1745-1751
Off to India: 1751-1752
Marriage and early years in India: 1752-1756
Life in Fort St David: 1756-1758
A meeting in Kasimbazaar: 1759-1761
Motherhood in Calcutta: 1762-1764
Going home: 1764-1765
Home in England: 1765-1768
Hancock and Hastingss return to India: 1768-1770
'Grass widow' in London: 1770-1772
Philadelphia, her husband and "The Waistcoat Wars": 1772-1774
Warren Hastings makes a gift: 1772-1774
The death of Mr Hancock: 1775-1776
Off to Europe: 1776-1780
Philadelphia and Eliza's friend The Comtesse de Tournon: 1780-1782
A daughter married: 1782-1784
Off to Guyenne: 1784-1786
Return to England: 1786-1788
Paris, Revolution and return to England: 1788-1791
Final days: 1791-1792.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-250) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781036111878 (electronic bk.)
1036111873 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
90103367968
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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