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Life mask

by Emma Donoghue

ActressesLondon (England)Women sculptorsCourts and courtiersFictionTriangles (Interpersonal relations)NobilityHistory

In eighteenth-century England, the eccentric widow, Mrs. Damer, works as the period's only woman sculptor, the horse race innovator, Lord Derby, endures public mockery, and a Drury Lane actress endeavors to gain entry into aristocratic circles.

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Book data: Open Library