{"product_id":"mrs-jordans-profession","title":"Mrs Jordans Profession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs Jordan''s Profession \u003c\/i\u003eis the acclaimed biography of Dora Jordan by bestselling author Claire Tomalin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Intelligent, finely made and wonderfully readable. As gripping as the best fiction''  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William, under pressure from royal advisers, abandoned her. The story of how Dora moved between the worlds of the eighteenth-century theatre and happy domesticity, of her fights for her family and her career makes a classic story of royal perfidy and female courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Invisible Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, this celebrated biography is one of history''s most astonishing untold stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The strangest and most sensational story Tomalin has told so far. A miraculously detailed portrait - as brisk, unsentimental, good-humoured and fairminded as its subject''  Hilary Spurling, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling, shrewd in its judgements, exceptionally well written, and informed by a vivid sense of the past''  John Gross, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating, affecting. A compelling story and Tomalin tells it with clarity and warmth''  Lucy Hughes-Hallett, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShelley and His World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKatherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan''s Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e. A former literary editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, she is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57348776264062,"sku":"NW9780241963296","price":17.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241963296.jpg?v=1778697440","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mrs-jordans-profession","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}