The true and affecting history of the Duchess of C****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed, by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, when the law but ONCE during her IMPRISONMENT of NINE YEARS; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme Hunger, Thirst, and Cold. But happily, a few days beofre her Tyrant's Death, he disclosed the Secret of her Subterraneous Abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents.
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du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Stéphanie Félicité. The true and affecting history of the Duchess of C****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed, by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, when the law but ONCE during her IMPRISONMENT of NINE YEARS; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme Hunger, Thirst, and Cold. But happily, a few days beofre her Tyrant's Death, he disclosed the Secret of her Subterraneous Abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 2684, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/2684. Accessed 2024-11-02.
du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Stéphanie Félicité. The true and affecting history of the Duchess of C****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed, by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, when the law but ONCE during her IMPRISONMENT of NINE YEARS; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme Hunger, Thirst, and Cold. But happily, a few days beofre her Tyrant's Death, he disclosed the Secret of her Subterraneous Abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. London: 1800.
du Crest de Saint-Aubin , S.F. (1800). The true and affecting history of the duchess of c****, who was confined by her husband in a dismal dungeon, under ground, where light never entered, and in which was nothing except a straw bed; bread and water being her only support, and that conveyed, by means of a turning-box, by her unrelenting husband, when the law but once during her imprisonment of nine years; in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme hunger, thirst, and cold. but happily, a few days beofre her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of her subterraneous abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. London:
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