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Thrilled that the audiobook of #WildforAusten (out Sept. 2nd) will be narrated by award-winning Marisa Calin! Calin's voice is enchanting & mellifluous, with just the right amount of humor & sass. Grateful this #JaneAusten book has such a perfect-fit narrator.
![[Individual Highlight – Doctoress] Cuba Cornwallis, Port Royal, Jamaica.
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After posting the entry for Miss T-m-s on the 13th October, I was introduced to the amazing Cuba Cornwallis in my comments. I promised myself that once I set up a space for special characters or highlights of certain individuals, I would honour her by including her. She’s been on my mind a lot recently, and even though she is not one of my ladies, I think she is worth remembering. Like many women of the age, and even more so as a black woman who was previously enslaved, there is precious little about her life that is not linked to the white men who interacted with her. What we can see, however, is how incredible and intelligent she was. I would hope, in future, that she is remembered on par with Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.
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Images: Free Natives of Dominica – Agostino Brunias (1810), Caribbean men and women dancing - Agostino Brunias (1810), His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence - Sir William Beechey (1806), The Honble Captn. William Cornwallis - Daniel Gardner (1780), Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson - John Hoppner (1839)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dq3cl2oysza7q34d56iedgpc/bafkreibmzg42g3lbd5iqwicjg6hnglyjuvigiofxt4lals7en5d3kevq2q)
