Immensely proud of her aristocratic Welsh ancestry, Hester Lynch was one
of the most talented female authors of the long eighteenth century. A
friend to the leading lights of the era, including Samuel Johnson, David
Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, and more, she was the single salonnière with
the wit and intellect to rival Johnson and (even more important) to be
accepted as the glittering foil to Elizabeth Montagu, the "Queen of the
Bluestockings." The first biography to foreground the importance of
Lynch's Welsh heritage, this book traces the entirety of Lynch's life
and work, putting both in context of her era and re-establishing her as
one of the most important cultural figures of her time.