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The story of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century opera star, and the intriguing tale of his elopement with his teenage pupil, Dorothea Maunsell, their subsequent marriage and celebrated divorce. Based on previously unseen material, this is a fascinating insight into the world of opera, sex and marriage in the Georgian period, exploring issues that continue to resonate today.
The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of
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Produktbeschreibung
The story of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century opera star, and the intriguing tale of his elopement with his teenage pupil, Dorothea Maunsell, their subsequent marriage and celebrated divorce. Based on previously unseen material, this is a fascinating insight into the world of opera, sex and marriage in the Georgian period, exploring issues that continue to resonate today.
The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time.
Autorenporträt
Helen Berry is Reader in Early Modern History at Newcastle University. She is the author of numerous articles on the history of eighteenth-century Britain, and is the co-editor (with Elizabeth Foyster) of The Family in Early Modern England (2007). This is her second book.