Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction.

By the close of the eighteenth century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection presents the live

Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction.

Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction.

Each of the works in this collection documents the extraodinary fortunes of women whose real lives read like fiction.