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When Sir William Temple (1628 - 1699) and Dorothy Osborne (1627 - 1695) began their passionate love affair, civil conflict was raging in Britain, and their families - parliamentarians and royalists, respectively - do everything to keep them aside. Yet the couple went on to enjoy a marriage and a advanced collaboration unique in its times. Making it through the politics chaos of the period, the Dark Plague, the fantastic Fireplace of London, and the fatalities of most their nine children, William and Dorothy made a life jointly for more than 40 years.Drawing upon extensive research and the Temples' own astonishing writings - including Dorothy's dazzling letters, one of the glories of British books - Jane Dunn offers us an absolutely fascinating dual biography, the first ever to look at Dorothy's life as an intellectual add up to her diplomat hubby. While she's been recognized to posterity as the very image of upper-class, 17th century local British life, Dunn makes clear that she was a woman of great complexity, of love and brilliance, noteworthy far beyond her role as a partner and mother. The remarkable report of William and Dorothy's life jointly - lighted here by the author's perception and her vibrant sense of place and time - offers a rare glimpse in to the heart and heart of one of the very most turbulent and interesting eras in English history.
