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She was born Elizabeth Mapes in Bungay, Suffolk in 1744 and married Daniel Bonhote, a member of the local gentry, by whom she bore two daughters.
She wrote several elegies and poems in praise of the monarchy before writing her first novel The Rambles of Mr Frankly in 1773. About 1787, Mrs. Bonhote wrote, 'while in delicate health, for her children’s guidance, a series of moral essays, called the ‘Parental Monitor,’ which was published in 1788 by subscription. In 1789, two novels by Mrs. Bonhote were issued : ‘Olivia,’ 3 vols., and ‘Darnley Vale, or Emelia Fitzroy,’ 3 vols., the last reviewed in the ‘Monthly Re
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