Hester Thrale Piozzi: Portrait of a Literary Woman

Much has been written about Thrale, friend and hostess of Samuel Johnson, but this is the first study to focus on Piozzi as the writer. In his narrative of her

Chosen by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Until recently, history writing has been understood as a male enclave from which women were restricte

This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the