Lady Mary was determined almost from the start not to conform to gender stereotypes, exploiting her father’s considerable library to give herself an unusually good grounding in literature, letters and even Latin. Let me introduce you to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): the travel writer and aristocrat who wrote about her own non-normative body and non-heteronormative desires and experiences. This week we learn from Holly Marsden, Queer History placement student, about the life of one of Georgian society’s most fascinating women: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. There are so many stories to tell, that they couldn’t all be included in the tours! To celebrate LGBT History Month, we are exploring some of these stories on our blog.
Our Queer Lives immersive tours taking place on selected dates at the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace over the next few months explore the lives and loves of LGBT+ people at the palaces throughout history.
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