{"product_id":"an-infamous-mistress-the-life-loves-and-family-of-the-celebrated-grace-dalrymple-elliott-9781473844834","title":"An Infamous Mistress: The Life  Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott","description":"\u003cp\u003eDivorced wife  infamous mistress  prisoner in France during the French Revolution and the reputed mother of the Prince of Wales child  notorious eighteenth-century courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott lived an amazing life in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century London and Paris.  Strikingly tall and beautiful  later lampooned as Dally the Tall in newspaper gossip columns  she left her Scottish roots and convent education behind  to re-invent herself in a marriage -la-mode  but before she was even legally an adult she was cast off and forced to survive on just her beauty and wits.  The authors of this engaging and  at times  scandalous book intersperse the story of Graces tumultuous life with anecdotes of her fascinating family  from those who knew Thomas Jefferson and George Washington  and who helped to abolish slavery  to those who were  like Grace  mistresses of great men.  Whilst this book is the most definitive biography of Grace Dalrymple Elliott ever written  it is much more than that; it is Graces family history that traces her ancestors from their origin in the Scottish borders  to their move south to London. It follows them to France  America  India  Africa and elsewhere  offering a broad insight into the social history of the Georgian era  comprising the ups and downs  the highs and lows of life at that time.  This is the remarkable and detailed story of Grace set  for the first time  in the context of her wider family and told more completely than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280073941045,"sku":"ByrdShop_1473844835","price":41.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781473844834.jpg?v=1780619287","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/an-infamous-mistress-the-life-loves-and-family-of-the-celebrated-grace-dalrymple-elliott-9781473844834","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}