The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety.
The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety.
List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Notes on the text Introduction 1. 'The malicious little gipsy': early life c.1649-1665 2. 'Hambleton is now going into France': marriage motherhood and migration 1666-1676 3. 'Ruined beyond redemption'?: widowhood remarriage and returning 1676-1686 4. 'That caballing humour': a political woman 1687-1690 5. 'Every one's eye is watching': treason forfeiture and exile 1691-1699 6. 'Always a plane dealor': changing fortunes and life in the Low Countries 1700-8 7. 'A duchess-nun'?: family faith and finance in old age 1708-1730 8. 'Albion's fairest plant': death and legacy Appendix A: Duchess of Tyrconnell's family tree Appendix B: Books in the possession of the duchess of Tyrconnell in Dublin transported from her apartment in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye Appendix C: David Nairne's 'Cyffer w[i]th the D[uche]sse of Tyrconnel 5th August 1702' Bibliography Index
List of illustrations Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Notes on the text Introduction 1. 'The malicious little gipsy': early life c.1649-1665 2. 'Hambleton is now going into France': marriage motherhood and migration 1666-1676 3. 'Ruined beyond redemption'?: widowhood remarriage and returning 1676-1686 4. 'That caballing humour': a political woman 1687-1690 5. 'Every one's eye is watching': treason forfeiture and exile 1691-1699 6. 'Always a plane dealor': changing fortunes and life in the Low Countries 1700-8 7. 'A duchess-nun'?: family faith and finance in old age 1708-1730 8. 'Albion's fairest plant': death and legacy Appendix A: Duchess of Tyrconnell's family tree Appendix B: Books in the possession of the duchess of Tyrconnell in Dublin transported from her apartment in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye Appendix C: David Nairne's 'Cyffer w[i]th the D[uche]sse of Tyrconnel 5th August 1702' Bibliography Index
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