The Purcell Papers, Vol 3

Excerpt from The Purcell Papers, Vol. 2 of 3

D She is no more - she long since died, a childless and a widowed wife, and, as her letter sadly predicts, none survive to whom the publication of this narrative can prove 'injurious, or even painful.' Strange! Two powerful and wealthy families, that in which she was born, and that into which she had married.