Sunday, November 4, 2012

Episode 18: Dame Adventurers

Lady Hester Stanhope and La Maupin





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Further Reading:

Lady Hester: 
Lady Hester: Queen of the East by Lorna Gibb. (2005)
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Dr. Meyron. (1845)
 
La Maupin
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen (2003)
Queens of Song by Ellen Clayton (1865)
Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation by Henry Wilson (1830)
The Sketchbook of Character by E.L. Carey and A. Hart (1835)
Dictionnaire des Theatres de Paris and Anecdotes Dramatiques by Francois Parfaict
Women in Men's Guise by Oscar Gilbert (1932)
Gallant Ladies by Rogers