The Italian, Or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents: A Romance
- ISBN-10
- 1783942436
- ISBN-13
- 9781783942435
- Category
- Inquisition
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Author
- Ann Ward Radcliffe
Description
Ann Radcliffe was born Ann Ward on 9th July 1764 in Holborn, central London to parents William and Ann. For writer who illuminated her times very little is known of her life. Her father was a haberdasher and the family eventually moved to Bath and lived in well to do gentility. Ann married journalist William Radcliffe, an Oxford graduate, the owner and editor of the English Chronicle, in 1788. The couple's marriage was happy but childless. Radcliffe's career was all consuming. Ann, spending most of her time at home with no children or husband began to develop a literary career to make use of this spare time.
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