![]() ![]() Louisa and Sarah led equally tumultuous lives. All four sisters (there was a fifth, Cecilia, who died a nineteen, and a number of deceased infant siblings) led fascinating. Stella Tillyard, Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 17401832 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1994). ![]() Emily first married the senior peer of Ireland, but after having 19 children she scandalized society by marrying their humble Scottish tutor. Stella Tillyard delves into the sisters lives in great depth and you really feel as though you have come to know, come to appreciate and understand their personalities, their hopes and fears, their whims and quirks. Caroline eloped with an ambitious politician, Henry Fox her son, Charles James Fox, was the most famous opposition politician of his century. This is the story of four 18th-century sisters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, great-grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period 1740-1832. ![]()
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