The Nightingale of Bath: Love, Jealousy, Betrayal and Revolution in Georgian England

The Nightingale of Bath: Love, Jealousy, Betrayal and Revolution in Georgian England

‘It gives me great discomfort to tell you that realistically you must not stay here in Bath. You must vanish.’ Bath 1772 Elizabeth Linley, wildly famous, celebrated for her voice, charisma and beauty, painted by Gainsborough and Reynolds the most eminent artists of her day. Events on the 18th March 1772, leave her no option but to weave herself through the intricate world of society dominated by The Prince of Wales and the scandalous Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the precarious nature of Garrick and Sheridan’s London theatre and the perils of political intrigue, manipulated by the rivalry between Charles James Fox and William Pitt. Set in an age of revolution, this is a captivating story of love, ambition, jealousy and betrayal, based upon the true life of Elizabeth Linley. *"At last Bath has a new heroine and Jane Austen is relegated to the shadows....... This is no Bridgerton re-enactment; it is the Georgians in the raw. I finished it in one sitting." *Country Life. October 29, 2025 Thomas Messel , the author of this book, is better known as one of Britain's most respected furniture designers, in which field he has worked for 40 years, and built up a celebrated reputation both in the UK and the USA. In 2011, he co-wrote and edited the study of the work of his uncle, Oliver Messel, in the Theatre of Design , for which he won the Speares Book Award, in 2012.