The Castrato and His Wife The Castrato and His Wife

The Castrato and His Wife

Helen Berry
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Publisher Description

The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2011
September 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
8.2
MB

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