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Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her bestselling novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a modern style and among the first to become bestsellers.
Thaddeus of Warsaw is an 1803 novel written by Jane Porter and originally published in four volumes. The novel concerns Thaddeus Sobieski, a gallant young soldier who serves in the Kościuszko Uprising against invading Russian forces. After Poland’s defeat, Thaddeus departs for London in search of his English father.
Jane Porter is an American author of contemporary romance and women's fiction. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty-five titles, with over 12 million books in print, in 20 languages and in 25 countries. [1] Her novel Flirting with Forty was made into the Lifetime movie of the same name starring Heather Locklear ...
Jane Radcliffe was the daughter of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, by his second wife, Margaret Stanley, daughter [1] of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, and Anne Hastings, the daughter of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings. Jane had one sister, born of the same parents, Anne Radcliffe, who married Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton. [2]
Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009) Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), moral stories for children; Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962) Margaret Holford (1778–1852) Jane Holland (born 1966), Girl Number One; Sarah Holland (born 1961) romances; Tom Holland (born 1968), Gothic horror; Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954), The Line of Beauty; Victoria Holmes ...
The children of model Kim Porter and embattled mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs are blasting a purported memoir attributed to their late mother that describes Combs in explicit sexual escapades with ...
Daniel Radcliffe opened up to IndieWire, to explain why he wrote an open letter after J.K. Rowling went viral for transphobic tweets in June 2020.
Rufus Porter Rufus Porter water color wall mural Rufus Porter advertisement for his 1849 New York to California transport Rufus Porter mural in the Kent House, Lyme, New Hampshire Title page of Porter's pamphlet of 1849. Rufus Porter (May 1, 1792 – August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine ...