The life and character of Mrs. Mary Moders, alias Mary Stedman, alias Mary Carleton, alias Mary ------- the famous German princess. Being an historical relation of her birth, and fortunes, with the Havock and Spoil she committed upon the Publick in the Reign of King Charles the Second. Together with her tragical fall at Tyburn, on the 22d of January 1678; added by way of appendix. The second edition.

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Title The life and character of Mrs. Mary Moders, alias Mary Stedman, alias Mary Carleton, alias Mary ------- the famous German princess. Being an historical relation of her birth, and fortunes, with the Havock and Spoil she committed upon the Publick in the Reign of King Charles the Second. Together with her tragical fall at Tyburn, on the 22d of January 1678; added by way of appendix. The second edition.
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Signed Author The life and character of Mrs. Mary Moders, alias Mary Stedman, alias Mary Carleton, alias Mary ------- the famous German princess.
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Pagination 76
Date of Publication 1732
Edition Statement The second edition
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication 1732
Imprint printed for J. Cooke in High-Holborn, and sold by the booksellers, and pamphlet-sellers in the cities of London and Westminster,
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Location of Printing London GB
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Notes Date of publication tentative. ESTC Notes: Wing L1990, [1678?]. Plomer [1720?] 18th C. printing
Purporting to be autobiographical.
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Carleton, Mary. The life and character of Mrs. Mary Moders, alias Mary Stedman, alias Mary Carleton, alias Mary ------- the famous German princess. Being an historical relation of her birth, and fortunes, with the Havock and Spoil she committed upon the Publick in the Reign of King Charles the Second. Together with her tragical fall at Tyburn, on the 22d of January 1678; added by way of appendix. The second edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24060, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24060. Accessed 2025-11-05. 

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