Sarah & Eleanor by Austin, Paddy

Sarah & Eleanor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781466382527)

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Format: Paperback
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Sarah & Eleanor by Austin, Paddy

Sarah & Eleanor

$7.50
Sarah & Eleanor by Austin, Paddy

Sarah & Eleanor

$7.50
Format: Paperback
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When two well-born women run away from their homes in Kilkenny to live together, the genteel world of 18th century Ireland is scandalised. Not daunted, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby pursue their desire, and make a life together that is as happy and fulfilling as it is eccentric. Lovers of the romantic movement, and followers of the philosophies of Rousseau, they create a home in Llangollen in Northern Wales, and become known widely as the Ladies of Llangollen. Before long, they are the focus of a group of people whose love of philosophy, literature and politics draws them to the beautiful garden and increasingly Gothic home that Sarah and Eleanor share, and they are loved and admired by all who spend time in their company. Increasingly freed from the restraints normally placed on women, but careful of their good name, they are earthy and satirical, intelligent and resourceful and capable of unexpected insights into the world around them. Sarah's early experiences, particularly at the hands of her adopted uncle, and Eleanor's inability to meet the expectations of her aristocratic mother, lead them to view love and intimacy in ways that are unusual for their time, and their determination to succeed in their chosen way of life is underpinned by their devotion to each other. Based on a true story, Sarah & Eleanor is a tale of betrayal, seduction, loneliness and desire. But mostly, it is a story of a love that endures through hardships and scandal, and leaves a legacy of achievement still admired today.

Author: Paddy Austin
ISBN-10: 146638252X
ISBN-13: 9781466382527
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2011
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.36d
By Paddy Austin
By Paddy Austin
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Paddy Austin has been writing since she was a child, starting with fairy stories in which she starred as the Princess, and moving through science fiction and terrible poetry at school, academic writing at university, to various attempts to find a voice in fiction. As a feminist, Paddy is interested in women whose lives have gone against the current of accepted thinking. So, when she happened upon Plas Newydd, the home of Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, she knew there was a germ of a novel in what she learned there. Many years and many re-writes later, Sarah & Eleanor is the result. Paddy and her husband have decided on a mid-life adventure, moving from their native New Zealand to the United Kingdom to live and work for a period of time. As history lovers, they know they've made a great decision! Paddy's hope is that this novel will start her writing career, and she is already working on the next historical novel, set during the French Revolution, and is trying a contemporary novel as well.

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