{"product_id":"defiance-stephen-taylor","title":"Defiance The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard - By Stephen Taylor","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText11920581553299688475\"\u003eA new biography of the charismatic Georgian society hostess Lady Anne Barnard, who became defined by her defiance of convention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText11920581553299688475\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society, yet was never fully part of it. The Prince of Wales counted among many friends and she was brilliant in company. But she was seen as an eccentric - an outsider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat defined this poet and musician, artist and hostess, was defiance of convention. High-born yet an egalitarian, she rejected numerous suitors, lived independently by buying and renting houses and travelled alone to observe the French Revolution. When she did marry it was to a junior army officer, twelve years younger than she, and together they withdrew to Africa. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised a mysterious dark-skinned child at her home in Berkeley Square.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Barnard's verse was celebrated by Walter Scott but she was also a brilliant and indefatigable diarist. Stephen Taylor has been given access to her private papers, notably six volumes of memoirs which have never been published, and which show her to be one of the unheralded chroniclers of her time.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished: 2016\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: History, Biography, Nonfiction\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 373 \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDimensions: 240 x 160mm \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #fd1a1a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Stephen Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10661710135332,"sku":"9780571311118","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-09-06T151909.631.jpg?v=1662441565","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/defiance-stephen-taylor","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}