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The Scandal of the Century

By Lisa Hilton

The Scandal of the Century

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There are few labels not attached to Aphra Behn - playwright, poet, a spy, a starlet woman condemned for loose morals. And yet, for all her notoriety Aphra Behn is an enigma. Born in around 1640, her early life isn't well recorded and facts about her are continually disputed. Her birth name may have been Eaffrey Johnson and she could have been the daughter of a Canterbury barber, although neither fact is certain. And, just after the Restoration she probably briefly lived in the English colony of Surinam in South America, where she was perhaps embroiled in political espionage. Whatever the truth, Behn was in London by 1664 and six years later was writing for the stage. For a decade, Behn's work dominated the London stage. Then, suddenly in 1682, she was charged with libel. Her plays could not be produced and by the time of the trial of the century Behn was broke. She decided that writing would be her way out and began to write a novel based on the most notorious adultress of a notoriously adulterous age - Lady Henrietta Berkeley.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-05-29
Publication Date:
2025-05-29
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1405953349
ISBN13:
9781405953344
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
250 g
Height:
12.9 cm
Width:
19.4 cm
Thickness:
2.6 cm
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