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The Reluctant Aristocrat

Mary, Marchioness of Huntly, 1822-1893

Maxine Eziefula

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Victorian aristocrat Mary, Marchioness of Huntly found royal balls and London society "suffocating". A woman of fierce intellect, she shied away from the limelight, finding her 'oxygen' in the emerging streams of thinking of her time; on Christianity, nature and botany, and the role of women. Mary wrote in her diary nearly every day of her life from the age of ten, leaving behind an account of her lifetime's reading and response to it that appears to be unsurpassed among Victorian diaries.

 

Dr Maxine Eziefula unearthed this treasure and endeavoured to mirror Mary's entire reading experience; sourcing every available book of note that Mary read. Through her scholarly analysis of Mary's diaries and literature, Dr Eziefula offers fascinating insight into the Victorian worldview, enabling the reader to join the intelletual and spiritual journey of an exceptional Victorian mind. This book will delight those interested in Victorian social history and in the developing field of reading studies, and will inspire those on their own path of faith.

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Victorian era, 19th Century, garden history, religion, botanist, separate spheres, Victorian literature, decline of the English aristocracy, reading studies, housewife, country life, Cambridgeshire, Victorian diary, social history, Marchioness, history of ideas, Victorian Church, Nature, industrialisation, faith, Christian woman, Queen Victoria, role of women