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30 relations: Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Anna Maria Porter, Dixon Denham, Durham, England, Edinburgh, Edmund Kean, Edmund Spenser, Elizabeth Benger, Elizabeth Hamilton (writer), Elizabeth Inchbald, Hannah More, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Jane Porter, Kingdom of Great Britain, London, Lord Byron, Margaret Drabble, Oxford University Press, Peter the Great, Philip Sidney, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Robert Ker Porter, Selina Davenport, Simón Bolívar, Thaddeus of Warsaw, The Faerie Queene, University of Kansas, Walter Scott, William Wallace.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (by herself possibly, as in French, née Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature.
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Anna Maria Porter
Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832) was a British poet and novelist.
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Dixon Denham
Dixon Denham (1 January 17869 June 1828) was an English soldier, explorer of West Central Africa, and ultimately Governor of Sierra Leone.
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Durham, England
Durham (locally) is a historic city and the county town of County Durham in North East England.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Edmund Kean
Edmund Kean (4 November 178715 May 1833) was a celebrated British Shakespearean stage actor born in England, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was somewhat notorious for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language.
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Elizabeth Benger
Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger (baptised on 15 June 1775 at West Camel, Somerset, died on 9 January 1827 in London) was an English biographer, novelist and poet.
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Elizabeth Hamilton (writer)
Elizabeth Hamilton (1756?– 23 July 1816) was a Scottish essayist, poet, satirist and novelist.
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Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson) (1753–1821) was an English novelist, actress, and dramatist.
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Hannah More
Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist, remembered as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist.
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Historical fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
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Historical romance
Historical romance (also historical novel) is a broad category of fiction in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.
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Jane Porter
Jane Porter (17 January 1776 – 24 May 1850) was a historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement.
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Margaret Drabble
Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, DBE, FRSL (born 5 June 1939) is an English novelist, biographer, and critic.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Peter the Great
Peter the Great (ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj), Peter I (ˈpʲɵtr ˈpʲɛrvɨj) or Peter Alexeyevich (p; –)Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are in the Julian calendar with the start of year adjusted to 1 January.
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Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after 1791 the Commonwealth of Poland, was a dualistic state, a bi-confederation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch, who was both the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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Robert Ker Porter
Sir Robert Ker Porter, KCH (1777–1842) was a British artist, author, diplomat and traveller.
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Selina Davenport
Selina Davenport (27 June 1779 – 14 July 1859) was an English novelist, briefly married to the miscellanist and biographer Richard Alfred Davenport.
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Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.
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Thaddeus of Warsaw
Thaddeus of Warsaw is an 1803 novel written by Jane Porter.
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The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser.
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University of Kansas
The University of Kansas, also referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas.
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.
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William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas; Norman French: William le Waleys; died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Porter
