Henry and Mary Ponsonby: Life at the Court of Queen Victoria.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

William M. Kuhn. Henry and Mary Ponsonby: Life at the Court of Queen Victoria. London: Duckworth; dist. By International Publishers Marketing, Dulles, Va. 2002. Pp. xvi, 302. $29.95. ISBN 0-7156-3065-2.

Although the front cover is not a good basis for judging a book, it does often set the scene for and sum up what's inside. In the case of William Kuhn's beautifully written biography of the Ponsonbys, a portrait of the couple created from separate photographs of Henry and Mary decorates the dust jacket. The illustration is appropriate, for this is a biography of a couple as well as ...

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