Anne Ford (Thicknesse)

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Anne Ford Thicknesse Clay Lane

A young English girl in Dr Johnson’s London struggles to share her gift for music.

The story of Anne Ford (1737-1824) is an inspirational tale of determination, which shows two contrasting sides to Georgian England, and reminds us once again that Britain made rapid social progress without the violence seen on the near Continent.

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