Sarah ScottSarah Scott was born the youngest of nine children in North Yorkshire but spent most of her childhood on her mother's estate in Kent. When she was young, Scott caught small pox and was left severely disfigured by the scarring. She hid herself in book until she eventually married her husband, George Lewis Scott, only to scandalously flee his home some months later. There has been much speculation as to why the couple separated, rumours spread about domestic abuse to an illicit affair between Sarah and her best friend, Lady Barbara Montagu. Destitute and belonging to no man, Sarah and Lady Barbara settled in Bath where they lived and volunteered to help the poor. In 1762, Sarah published her most successful novel Millenium Hall. Sarah lived humbly until 1795. Read More Read Less
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