Mrs Jordan's Profession

The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King

Claire Tomalin

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English

Penguin
08 August 2012

Individual actors & performers; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography: historical, political & military

The story of the love between a prince and a famous actress

Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her generation, Dora Jordan played a quite different role offstage as the mistress of one of the sons of George lll. Dora bore him ten children, and they lived in quiet happiness in Bushy Park on the Thames

until the unexpected news arrived of his ascendancy to the throne as William lV - at which point he was forced to abandon her. Claire Tomalin vividly recreates the political, theatrical and royal worlds of the late eighteenth century. The story of how Dora moved between stage and home, of how she battled for career and family, makes for a classic tale of royal perfidy and womanly courage.

By: Claire Tomalin
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 337g
ISBN: 9780241963296
ISBN 10: 024196329X
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 08 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Claire Tomalin has been literary editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times. She is the author of seven highly acclaimed literay biographies, including Samuel Pepys, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year award, and the international bestseller, Charles Dickens: A Life. She is married to the novelist and playwright Michael Frayn.