Selling the seats of subversion

In today’s liberal society only the more prudish of eyes would blink at the notion of two women living together but back in 1778, when the notorious ‘Ladies of Llangollen’ eloped to Wales dressed as men, it was nothing short of scandalous.

When 29-year-old Irish aristocrat Lady Eleanor Butler first met 13-year-old orphaned Miss Sarah Pons…

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