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Amanda Vickery on Elizabeth Parker Shackleton
Episode 3 of 5
In today's essay shedding light on key figures of the Georgian era, historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of gentlewoman Elizabeth Parker Shackleton, member of the lesser gentry and mercantile elite of 18th-century Lancashire.
Producer: Mohini Patel.
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Wed 19 Aug 2015
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