“The finest female genius of any country or age: “
Elizabeth Barrett
Browning
“She beyond doubt or comparison the strongest woman and the
most astonishingly gifted:”
Pianist and composer Franz Liszt
As a strong woman I would put her up there with Cleopatra
and Queen Elizabeth I and certainly not just because she often dressed in men's
clothes, smoked cigars, wrote best selling books and captivated and scandalized her times....
History teacher and blogger Troutbirder
The Dream Lover -- will check it out through my local library -- tell them troutbirder sent me -- barbara
ReplyDeleteHi TB, you have such a diverse interest in books. Don't remember much about EBB from my school days but think her father was ridiculously wealthy. Didn't she work against slavery and the labor laws of her time?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the review...I always enjoy this, it helps me find new books to read.
ReplyDeleteCarla
This is a must read for me. Thank you for the review.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of her. She sounds like a character but my kind of woman.
ReplyDeleteI just put a hold on the book at the library. I'm number 17 in line! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have to read this! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteInstead of clicking on Mark Twain's picture this time I clicked the Troutbirder. All I can say is wow. Please, dear readers, don't.
ReplyDeleteStopping by to say Happy Father's Day Ray! :)
ReplyDeleteI"m a fan of Elizabeth Berg. Headed to read your review.
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