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The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety.
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Introduction
1. 'The malicious little gipsy': early life, c.1649-1665
2. 'Hambleton is now going into France': marriage, motherhood and migration, 1666-1676
3. 'Ruined beyond redemption'?: widowhood, remarriage and returning, 1676-1686
4. 'That caballing humour': a political woman, 1687-1690
5. 'Every one's eye is watching': treason, forfeiture and exile, 1691-1699
6. 'Always a plane dealor': changing fortunes and life in the Low Countries, 1700-8
7. 'A duchess-nun'?: family, faith and finance in old age, 1708-1730
8. '
Albion's fairest plant': death and legacy
Appendix A: Duchess of Tyrconnell's family tree
Appendix B: Books in the possession of the duchess of Tyrconnell in Dublin, transported from her apartment in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Appendix C: David Nairne's 'Cyffer w[i]th the D[uche]sse of Tyrconnel, 5th August 1702'
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About the author
Frances Nolan
Summary
The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety.
