A Spencer Love Affair
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A Spencer Love Affair

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A Spencer Love Affair Eighteenth Century Theatricals at Blenheim Palace and Beyond Author:Allan Ledger Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:208 Photos:31 color and black and white Publisher:Fonthill Media ISBN:9781781553527 Item No. 9781781553527 A Spencer Love Affair is the true story of the love affair and marriage between the 4th Duke of Marlborough's favorite daughter Lady Charlotte Spencer and an Oxford Vicar, the Reverend Edward Nares. After their marriage in 1795 Lady Charlotte was banished from Blenheim Palace by her parents, never to return home. The affair stemmed from their acting together in the private theatricals performed at Blenheim's newly created private theater during 1785-1789, the year of the French Revolution. The fashion for creating private theaters originated in France with Voltaire. In England it became fashionable amongst the aristocracy, gentry and clergy in t

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