We’re delighted to announce that pre-orders are now open for the second book in our Recollections: The Long Eighteenth Century series: An Absent Life, the first full biography of Elizabeth, Duchess of Albemarle, written by Paul Boucher.
Drawing on unprecedented access to family records, Boucher brings to light the tragic and compelling story of a woman history all but forgot. Elizabeth’s life reflects the fate of so many women of the past: married young, denied agency, and left with little voice in shaping her own future. As her mental state deteriorated, she was declared “mad” and died in obscurity, effectively erased from history by her own family.
This remarkable biography not only restores Elizabeth to her rightful place in the historical record, but also raises urgent questions about the nature of “madness” in a world where women were denied even the most basic autonomy.
For readers drawn to women’s history, British history, scandal, and the untold stories of the past, this is a book not to miss — a story so extraordinary it seems almost unbelievable, yet every word is true.
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