I have just finished reading this book. There seems to be a lot of information little heard of before. This would be beneficial except the author's writing is confusing. He writes of Elizabeth Loring, Frances Wentworth, Peggy Shippen, Margaret Moncreife, et al. (and the men in their lives). Yet they are interspersed throughout the book. The chronology is not consistent, and one becomes confused as to which person the author is writing about. The author intermixes actual facts (?) with book reviews which creates further confusion to one not well versed in the subject. The book appears to be a collection of essays thrown together.