Sarah Burton

The invisible woman

Sarah Burton: The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, by Linda Colley

issue 04 August 2007

  • The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

    Linda Colley

    HarperPress, pp. 363

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