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Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: The Life of Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton
Mistress Peachum's Pleasure The Life of Lavinia Duchess of Bolton
Author: Lisa Hilton
Mistress Peachum was Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress who was the original Polly Peachum in John Gay?s celebrated play, The Beggar?s Opera. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations; however, she enjoyed only a few months of fame before she caught the eye of the Duke of Bolton, a married aristocrat, and her life of glamou...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780753820490
ISBN-10: 0753820498
Publication Date: 4/1/2005
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Phoenix
Book Type: Paperback
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