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| Diana Villiers | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Post Captain |
| Created by | Patrick O'Brian |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Spouse | Stephen Maturin |
| Children | Brigid Maturin |
Diana Villiers is a fictional character in the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. [1] Described as beautiful, mercurial, and entirely unreliable, she is the great love and great sorrow of Stephen Maturin's life.
- ^ Simmons, Jr., James R. (2006). ""I have frequently ... regretted the manner of her life": Patrick O'Brian's Diana Villiers and Jane Austen's cousin, Eliza de Feuillide'". Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal. 28. Jane Austen Society of North America: 258ff. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via Gale.