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Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
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Dora Jordan was the greatest comic actress the British theatre had known, and became the consort of the future king, Willian IV, bearing him ten children. But she died alone, in obscurity. This is a recreation of the royal, political and theatrical worlds of late 18th-century England.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role off-stage as lover to the future king, William IV, third son of George III. In fact, Dora bore no less than ten children and the couple lived happily in a villa on the Thames until William bowed to pressure and abandoned her. Making full use of Dora's letters to William, Claire Tomalin vividly re-creates the royal, political and theatrical worlds of late eighteenth-century England. The story of how Dora moved between stage and home, of how she battled for her family and her career makes a classic tale of royal perfidy and womanly courage. 'Intelligent, finely made and wonderfully readable. As gripping as the best fiction' - Jan Dalley, "Independent on Sunday".
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