Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… exacted a toll, and Johnson , too, frequently kept her awake into the small hours by his need for companionship. A tour to her native Wales with Johnson, her husband, and daughter Queenie in 1774, meant to restore her spirits, failed … by her old circles on account of her marriage to a Catholic music teacher, she defiantly embarked on a three years’ Grand Tour to Italy with him in 1784. Hester Piozzi’s social circles now changed considerably: Johnson had broken off all …
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