The Ambassador's Wife (Gore novel)
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| Author | Catherine Gore |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Silver Fork |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley |
Publication date | 1842 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Ambassador's Wife is an 1842 novel by the British writer Catherine Gore. It was part of the fashionable Silver fork novel genre, of which Gore was a leading contributor. Gore drew on her own experiences having attended the salons of Paris for the novel.[1] It blends elements of international politics and high society. According to the magazine John Bull the novel "quickly became the paramount topic of conversation in all polite circles".[2]
