Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston, sometimes called Countess of Bristol, was an English courtier, known by her contemporaries for her adventurous life style.
Portrait by Francis Cotes
Elizabeth Chudleigh at a ball in 1749
I, Libertine
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I, Libertine is a historical novel that began as a practical joke by Jean Shepherd, a late-night radio raconteur who aimed to lampoon the process of determining best-selling books. After generating su
Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull
…Hervey had died in 1779. Chudleigh appears as a character in T. H. White's non-fiction The Age of Scandal and in Theodore Sturgeon's historical romance I, Libertine, which began as a hoax. She appears as a non-speaking character in the play Mr Foote's Other Leg, in which the controversy surrounding her and Foote…
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