Location: Switzerland
Member Since:
May 09, 2023
Carol Burnell
Biography
Carol Burnell read English literature at Columbia University as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. After several years spent teaching, she entered government service, notably in the White House as an aide to the First Lady and later writing speeches for the American ambassador to France, while serving in the US Embassy. In reading the papers of a former resident of the White House, Thomas Jefferson, and following the Paris footsteps of the second American envoy to France, the same Mr Jefferson, she discovered and became fascinated by the charming Mrs Cosway.
Living in France for over twenty years, where she worked as a speechwriter for a large international company, the author pursued her interest in Maria Cosway’s life, carrying out research in Italy, France, Britain, and the United States.
Living in France for over twenty years, where she worked as a speechwriter for a large international company, the author pursued her interest in Maria Cosway’s life, carrying out research in Italy, France, Britain, and the United States.
Where to buy in print
Books
Divided Affections
by Carol Burnell
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 139,850.
Language:
British English.
Published: May 9, 2023
by
Amolibros.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies, Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers
The Extraordinary Life of Maria Cosway Celebrity Artist and Thomas Jefferson’s Impossible Love. Maria Cosway was a lovely and talented English artist, who accompanied her husband, the miniature portrait painter, Richard Cosway, to Paris, in 1786, where she was introduced to Thomas Jefferson, future President of the United States who fell in love with the young Mrs. Cosway the day they met.