Download or read book Queen of the Wits written by Norma Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of one of the Eighteenth-century's most extraordinary women. Poetess, fallen woman and wit, Laetitia Pilkington spent her life as close to fame as she was near to ruin. Through humour and intelligence - and her skilful use of scandal, most notably in her Memoirs - she survived on the very fringes of respectability. This biography tells of a woman determined to be known as a writer on equal terms with men.