Fanny Kemble

Author: Robert Rushmore

Publisher: Crowell-collier Press

Year: 1970

ISBN: Not applicable

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good, slight foxing to the side of the pages. No markings or highlighting. Text is clear and visible.

Dust Jacket condition: Good condition, minor use at edges, price unclipped

Language: English

Page Count: 213

Details: First edition

Synopsis: In 1828, just 19 years old, Fanny Kemble made her stage debut at London’s Covent Garden Theatre – the morning after, she found herself the most aclaimed actress in England and four years later – a star in the United States. There she married a rich Philadephian, whose money derived from southern plantations worked by slaves. Appaled by discovering that, Fanny recorded her outrage in a journal and as the years passed, she became more outspoken about her abolitionist sentiments. In this detailed biography, Robert Rushmore tells the fascinating story of a woman of extraordinary passion, courage and moral conviction.