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A biography of Fanny Burney, author of Evelina, who also kept a diary that records the Georgian England of Dr Johnson, Garrick and Reynolds. Events she recorded include drinking tea with the Bluestockings, taking the waters at Bath and being chased round Kew Palace by King George III.

Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing and far too clever conversationalist, but this text offers a different perspective on him by looking through the eyes of his female acquaintances. Revealing the essential and unexpected Johnson, it also illuminates the lives of a cast of formidable 18th century heroines.