Mrs Jordan's Profession
Author | : Claire Tomalin |
Publisher | : Viking |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 024196329X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780241963296 |
Rating | : 4/5 (296 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mrs Jordan's Profession written by Claire Tomalin and published by Viking. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William, under pressure from royal advisers, abandoned her. The story of how Dora moved between the worlds of the eighteenth-century theatre and happy domesticity, of her fights for her family and her career makes a classic story of royal perfidy and female courage."--Publisher description.