Join us for this fascinating lecture by Dr Dianne Barre as she vividly describes the life and times of Elizabeth Hervey: 18th-century socialite, romantic novelist, traveller, gardener and talented designer.

Learn more about a woman who married a gambler forced to flee the country to avoid his creditors, and who then had a scandalous affair with a radical poet. From family feuds to horrific Georgian medical remedies, Hervey’s recently discovered private journals give us a lively and entertaining window into late Georgian society

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