A Woman to Know: Lady Mary Montagu
Life is too short for a long story. — Lady Mary Montagu
Life is too short for a long story. — Lady Mary Montagu
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In 1705, then just a 16-year-old newlywed, an attack of smallpox destroyed Lady Mary Montagu’s legendary beauty. She survived the disease, but the experience forever scarred her — physically and emotionally.
Following the illness, Lady Mary and her politician husband dri…
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