Monday 11th May: English women and the French Revolution

Early in the French revolution, adventurous English women writers visited Paris. Some stayed there; Mary Wollstonecraft was there for the execution of Louis XV1, Grace Dalrymple Elliott and Fanny Burney participated and observed. A deeply researched lecture on some fascinating women.

Lecturer: Karin Fernald

Karin is known for her lectures on personalities from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries researched using diaries and contemporary documents.

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This lecture will be preceded by our Annual General Meeting which will take place promptly at 1.30pm.