Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… and repeat a Thousand pretty Verses to divert Papa’. 1 A precocious child, her ambitious parents encouraged her to court their wealthy relatives by means of her sociable and poetic powers, and she succeeded so well that she was … music tutor but quickly gained a place at the famous dinner table. In 1777, Hester, an ardent Tory, was introduced at Court. A year later, she began to patronize Dr Burney’s daughter, the young Frances Burney , whose first novel, Evelina …
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