{"product_id":"2026200010088-secondhand-the-game-of-hearts-harriette-wilson-and-her-memoirs","title":"The Game Of Hearts: Harriette Wilson And Her Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket:  worn\/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew women in Regency England lived as boldly — or wrote as scandalously — as Harriette Wilson. The Game of Hearts presents a curated selection of Wilson's infamous memoirs, chronicling the life of one of the most celebrated courtesans of the early 19th century, whose lovers included dukes, earls, and the Duke of Wellington himself. Her world was one of glittering salons, secret assignations, and ruthless social negotiation, and she recorded it all with a sharp wit and an utter disregard for polite convention.\n\nLesley Blanch, herself a writer of legendary style and discernment, selects and introduces Wilson's writings with an authority that illuminates their place in social and literary history. Wilson's voice — sardonic, fearless, and acutely intelligent — stands as a remarkable document of female agency in an era that afforded women precious little of it. This edition invites the reader into a vanished world of privilege, passion, and scandal, and leaves one wondering just how many secrets were never committed to paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130624942299,"sku":"2026200010088-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/797a16e4-1266-4299-b119-2b4fc925344a.png?v=1786587801","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010088-secondhand-the-game-of-hearts-harriette-wilson-and-her-memoirs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}