Author: Lindsay, Philip:
Title: A Piece For Candlelight.
Description: London, Hutchinson, 1976 H/B blue cloth bds, VG+, a little dusty, unclipped d/w, VG, small chipped tear at top edge, contents clean and bright. The author has reconstructed the romantic and moving story of 'Perdita', the celebrated eighteenth-century actress whose unusual charms won her the love of the young Prince of Wales, later to become the Prince Regent; who became the mistress of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; and who numbered Charles James Fox among her lovers.

Keywords: romance historical Perdita eighteenth century lovers mistress actress story Prince Regent Mary Robinson