The scandalous Lady W : an eighteenth-century tale of sex, scandal and divorce
Rubenhold, Hallie2015
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She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairytale but ended as one of the most salacious and publicised divorces in history. Hallie Rubenhold tells the story of one of the first examples of media frenzy surrounding a celebrity divorce.
Main title:
The scandalous Lady W : an eighteenth-century tale of sex, scandal and divorce / Hallie Rubenhold.
Author:
Rubenhold, Hallie, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2015.
Collation:
308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: as Lady Worsley's whim. London: Chatto & Windus, 2008.TV tie-in.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784701932 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.890922306.89
Language:
English
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Subject:
Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady -- MarriageWorsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805 -- MarriageWorsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady -- Trials, litigation, etcWorsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805 -- Trials, litigation, etcBisset, Maurice George, 1757-1821 -- Trials, litigation, etcAristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- 18th centuryAdultery -- England -- History -- 18th centuryDivorce -- England -- History -- 18th centurySex customs -- England -- History -- 18th century
BRN:
1753217
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