Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… only four would survive. As usual, she suppressed her grief, and tried to regain her health by sociable visits to Bath and Brighton. She added more attendees to her circle at Streatham, some of whom would rise to fame, or had already … but to alleviate Gabriele Piozzi’s annual sufferings from gout, they also spent at least a month per year socializing at Bath. Hester’s relationship with her surviving daughters remained fraught. An inveterate enemy whenever she felt … and exacting social skills on the part of the hostess. After her second husband’s death in 1809, Hester settled at Bath and once more became a member of the sociable throng, enjoying new friendships with actors in particular, and …
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