"The 28-year-old Earl of Coventry, who had just inherited Croome, was in need of a wife and who better than the lovely Maria. She was so lovely, we hear, that crowds stood in Hyde Park in London to see her pass by and people often fainted in the crush. The story goes, that a shoemaker in Worcester made quite a lot of money by charging people sixpence, just to see her shoes. But her death came as a result of the white lead make-up she used."
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