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    Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty
    Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty
    Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty
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    Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty

    Written by Hester Lynch Piozzi

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illustrious figures of London society in her time, among others the famous Samuel Johnson, to whose biography her diaries added valuable details. After surviving Mr. Thrale and her second husband Gabriel Mario Piozzi, at the age of 80, she fell in love with William Augustus Conway, to whom she wrote these letters. - Summary by Carolin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty

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