Author: Chedzoy, Alan
Title: Sheridan's Nightingale - The Story Of Elizabeth Linley
Description: Allison & Busby, 1997, 1st edition. Paperback, F. xiv+322pp, 4pp b/w plates, index, a fine copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0749003413 ¶ Biography of the soprano Elizabeth Linley [ 1754 - 1792 ] who eloped with the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan to France - under the guise of escaping an older suitor. Sheridan was supposed to be escorting her to a convent, ijnstead the two married & sparked controversy in England as both were under the then age for marriage consent.

Keywords: ISBN 0749003413, biography, music, literature, theatre 0749003413